Which crop grew well in the soil of the southern regions east of the Mississippi River, in what is today Alabama and Mississippi?
A) sorghum
B) coffee
C) cotton
D) tea
Answer: C
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A. As people's faith in the government declined, their faith in the worth of the nation's currency also declined. B. As the amount of currency in circulation declined, unsold goods piled up in warehouses. C. As the economy grew and Americans' incomes increased, the production of goods lagged behind demand. D. As high taxes cut into the profits of producers, they cut back production and caused a shortage of goods.
Why was the Treaty of Tianjin considered humiliating for the Chinese?
A. It allowed Japan to take over Korea. B. It made the Chinese opium trade legal. C. It closed all Chinese ports to foreign trade. D. It gave the British the Liaodong Peninsula in 1875. E. It deprived the Russians of any control in northern China.
How can the English translated word slave be related to the Islamic trade?
a. Muslim trade predominantly involved slaves from "slav" lands in central and eastern Europe. b. Slaves taken from central Europe were very often Slavic. c. Islam did not allow the sale and purchase of slaves. d. Muslim trade involved slaves from central Asia. e. Peoples in central Europe who refused to convert to Islam were sold into slavery.
By 1200 human migrations had spread many useful plants and animals from the Indo-Malayan region to Africa, including
a. bananas, yams, and cocoyams. b. corn, beans, and squash. c. wheat, millet, and barley. d. rice, kiwi, and manioc. e. tea, spelt, and barley.