A major Portuguese disadvantage in entering the Asian trading network was that the Portuguese
A) found little demand for their goods
B) could not afford spices
C) were technologically backwards
D) were excluded from buying
A
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Under mercantilism, colonies existed to provide markets and natural resources for the industries of the home country, and in turn, the home country was to ________
A. protect and administer the colonies B. educate and Christianize the colonies C. generate free trade for the colonies to spur the local economy D. produce agricultural and manufactured goods to supply the colonies E. do little or nothing
New Englanders competed with their English cousins in every area except
a. fishing. b. shipbuilding. c. agriculture. d. seaborne trade. e. none of these choices.
What was the first major action Roosevelt took after he was inaugurated?
a) He called the first meeting of the "Brain Trust" b) He proposed a reorganization of the Supreme Court c) He closed all of the nations banks and ordered inspections d) He established the Civil Works Administration to provide job relief
During the hundreds days in 1933, congress
A. Passed many work relief programs B. Fought the president to preserve laissez faire economics C. Blocked FDRs new deal D. Eliminates the unemployment problem