Which of the following proved to be the most lethal weapon the Europeans had against the population in the Americas?
A) Muslim cavalry units
B) African slave labor
C) Old World diseases
D) Christian principles
C
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Why did most European towns remain relatively small during the ancien régime?
a) Poor roads and unproductive farms meant that cities with populations above 5,000–10,000 found it difficult to get enough food from local suppliers. b) Traditional-minded townspeople refused to move elsewhere to better their financial prospects. Consider This: How long did it take to travel by foot or oxcart in this period? See 1.2: Immobile Lives. c) For the most part, larger towns were forbidden because the authorities worried more people meant more rioting. Consider This: How long did it take to travel by foot or oxcart in this period? See 1.2: Immobile Lives. d) Smaller towns, where everyone knew their neighbors, were preferable to anonymous big cities. Consider This: How long did it take to travel by foot or oxcart in this period? See 1.2: Immobile Lives.
Which of the following statements is NOT true of the American industrial revolution from 1865 to 1885?
A. The Deep South industrialized along with the rest of the nation. B. The railroad was central to the network of mass communication and transportation. C. The U.S. became the world's most productive economy. D. Industry in the nation grew faster than ever before.
The second country to industrialize was __________
A) Britain B) the United States C) France D) Belgium
By the mid-1850s, California's major agricultural crop was
a. barley. b. corn. c. soy beans. d. wheat.