Question 1
By the end of the 1980s, all of the following were contributing to dissent in China except
a. fear of American nuclear attack.
b. economic inflation which was reducing the real wages of salaried workers.
c. student demands for greater democracy.
d. concern about the Communist Party's aging leadership.
e. widespread corruption and nepotism among Communist Party leaders.
Question 2
The British reacted so strongly to the Trent affair because:
a. they claimed it was interference with their right to conduct foreign relations.
b. it took place in international waters.
c. Lincoln refused to apologize.
d. they needed southern cotton.
Rocky Mountains of British Columbia
Pacific Rim National Park, British Columbia
Hong Kong is a strange situation. A British colony since 1842, it was handed back to China in 1997 a
British Successes, 1758–1763
British Iron Production, 1600–1870
Logged Forest in British Columbia