The correct answer for 1 is
<span>b. trade and tribute gave the Aztecs more resources than the Olmec and Maya
Aztecs were known for having vast marketplaces in their cities where merchants gathered and traded not only food but also things like jewellery or gold or gems. They were known for trading all around them and Spanish people were amazed by it when they discovered it.
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<span>b. peasant farmers made up the largest social class
Like in most places at the time, there were vast areas of land that were covered in crops and if there was no more land then the forests would be cleansed so that crops could be planted. This was common at the time.</span>
Britain influenced China by establishing a British government in Hong Kong, in its quest for opium and fine products from Asia. Great Britain and some European countries began the trade of opium paying with gold for this one, since the European products had a low demand in China; this was part of the trade imbalance with China. There was a huge demand in Europe for Chinese tea, silks and porcelain pottery, which led to two wars, called the Opium Wars, in which China lost and had to accept the terms of Europe, while its population began to become addicted to opium. The British way of life and the addiction to opium, plus intervention in the Chinese government, only ended with the arrival of the Communists.
