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shenderson6

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The Portuguese established a trading empire along the coast of Africa to India, China, and Japan. Many commodities were traded, but the one that became the most valuable was
 
  a. gold.
  b. ivory.
  c. slaves.
  d. oil.

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The importation of African slaves into the New World
 
  a. resulted in the introduction of diseases that wiped out large Native American populations.
  b. was only economically viable after the industrial revolution.
  c. was a way of replacing expensive machinery with cheap human labor.
  d. was motivated by labor shortages caused by epidemics in the New World.


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Fayaz00962

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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2018
Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

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shenderson6

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Reply 2 on: Jul 10, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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