Question 1
By forming partnerships, medieval merchants
a. could acquire sufficient capital for large-scale commercial enterprises.
b. reduced their risks.
c. expanded their knowledge of profit-making opportunities.
d. furthered commerce.
e. all of the above
Question 2
Among the factors limiting Napoleon III's support for Italians fighting for unification in the period 18581861 was
a. desire not to undermine Austrian power in northern Italy.
b. fear that Piedmont might demand the cession of Nice and Savoy from France.
c. concern that French Catholics would blame him if the Pope lost any land.
d. the subsidies he received from Austria.
e. the fear of Prussian attack of a unified Italy.