The origins of the Atlantic slave trade were associated with the
a. expansion of Russia into Siberia
b. Production of sugar
c. discovery of silver in Bolivia
d. closure of Japanese ports to European merchants
Answer: b. Production of sugar
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Who contended that the story of Jesus was a myth?
A. David Friedrich Strauss B. William Robertson Smith C. Ernst Renan D. Julius Wellhausen
The Revolution spawned all of the following economic conditions except
a. speculation and profiteering. b. extensive borrowing by state governments that left them buried in debt. c. runaway deflation. d. the opening of new foreign markets. e. unhealthy levels of high inflation that proved ruinous to many American citizens.
Ur was one of the great cities of
a. Africa. b. Egypt. c. Syria. d. Mesopotamia.