The Opium Wars were a series of wars between Chine and Great Britain. It started when Chine started to refuse the shipments of Opium. The war was a fail for China, this means that answer A, C, and D are wrong. The only answer left is B. Please contact me if you want more information on the opium war.
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Exploration was very important for many reasons. Some of those reasons would include finding good and new land for plantations and colonies, making maps, picking what is needed and what is not for expansion. It was all unknown land so they needed as much information possible in order to make better use of their resources.
First blank is taxes. Second blank i think is money paid to the government.
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Travelers and messengers spread the art of iron working. -Iron working was spread through trade. Iron working technology led to the expansion of agriculture. Iron-working technology intensified warfare between communities due to the production of iron weapons.