Who among the following began to develop an oil empire by taking control of competing oil companies in Ohio?
A. John D. Rockefeller
B. J. P. Morgan
C. Andrew Carnegie
D. Samuel Morse
E. Cyrus Field
A
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What was the most enduring legacy of Camillo di Cavour and Giuseppe Garibaldi?
A) peace with the Catholic Church B) the unification of Italy C) the unification of Prussia D) the unification of Austria
The diet and economy of New Zealand was transformed by the introduction of
a. beans and cattle by the British in the late eighteenth century. b. corn and chickens by the British in the late eighteenth century. c. potatoes and pigs by the British in the late eighteenth century. d. rice and sheep by the British in the late eighteenth century.
In 640, the Muslims took possession of the Byzantine province of
a. Syria. b. Attica. c. Constantinople. d. Palestine. e. Tyre.
Botanists played a profound role in which of the following imperial ventures?
A. They transformed local crop production to serve the needs of the empires' home countries. B. They served as spokesmen for the idea that empires helped bring progress. C. They introduced Asian crops into Europe, replacing the crops of the 1700s. D. They collected exotic species of the non-Western world and exhibited them to domestic audiences.