Question 1
Which class of women achieved the most notable gains during the Hellenistic period?
A) lower class
B) middle class
C) upper class
D) slaves
E) working class
Question 2
By 1840, United States trade with China
A) was an 8.6 million industry.
B) made China the third largest exporter to the United States.
C) meant that traders had to establish connections with native peoples in order to export furs and hides to China.
D) provided a source of Chinese silk, tea, and porcelain.
E) All of these are correct.
Question 3
The economic life of the Hellenistic world was characterized by
A) tremendous innovations in labor-saving machinery, as with the Archimedean screw.
B) a significant shift in industry and manufacturing from Greece to the east.
C) little variety in products used for trading.
D) the virtual disappearance of slavery in manufacturing.
E) the Athenian control of all economic activities.