- Source: Both sides of duit, a coin minted in 1735 CE by the VOC. CC BY-SA2.5. A historian would use the artifact above to support which of the following claims about the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in the Indian Ocean? Choose 1 answer: A The company began mining for silver and minting coins at the mines. B The company developed large-scale agricultural projects. C The company gained legitimacy by aligning closely with local officials. D The company worked much like an independent state.
- Source: A sugarcane plantation in the Caribbean islands, with processing equipment in the foreground. Engraving, 1683 by Sébastien Le Clerc (1637-1714). CC BY-SA 4.0. Which of the following best illustrates how the development shown in the image impacted global networks of exchange from 1450 to 175 CE? Choose 1 answer: A Independent Caribbean states gained wealth from the sugar trade in the world economy. B Plantation production reinvented the world economy. C Sugar production destroyed the biodiversity of local crops. D (D) Enslaved labor decreased throughout the world economy.
- What are three reasons why Katie Higgins Cook wanted to be a pilot? A She wanted to prove that women can be pilots. B She wanted to be like her father and grandfather. C She thought it would be easy to join the Blue Angels. D She enjoyed the feeling of flying.
- One advantage European countries had in their imperial expansion was Weak economies in Europe A lack of resistance on the part of Africans and Asians Poorly organized governments in Europe Powerful navies and armies in Europe
- Which of the following best identifies the most important types of technology the first European mariners needed to travel across the dangerous and unpredictable Atlantic Ocean? Choose 1 answer: A navigation technology and new kinds of ships B detailed accounts of wind patterns and lighter more efficient cannons C precise maps of the Americas and the magnetic compass D lighter, more efficient steamships and detailed accounts of wind patterns
