The crusades influenced European expansion by a. establishing ...

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The crusades influenced European expansion by
 
  a. establishing permanent Christian control of the holy city of Jerusalem.
  b. demonstrating that the Arab nations of the East were weak and easily defeated.
  c. developing a colonial economic system based on the production of staple crops by slave labor.
  d. discouraging trade with Asian and African nations.
  e. providing slaves for the plantations in the Caribbean.

Question 2

In 1400, western European society was
 
  a. self-sufficient and had no interest in trading with Asia.
  b. primarily interested in importing gold and silver from Russia.
  c. backward and isolated when compared with Chinese and Islamic societies.
  d. scientifically and mathematically the most advanced culture in the world.
  e. not influenced by religion.

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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

c