Series of locks along a canal work like an escalator to help raise and lower boats up and down hills
Marco Polo’s description of Beijing is best summarized as a large city with vibrant foreign trade.(Third option)
After travelling along the Silk Road Marco Polo is astonished by the number of cartloads of silk” no less than 1000” entering the city every day. He also talks about how” articles of greater cost and value” were brought to Beijing in” greater abundance” and how people “from every region” were to be found there.
Answer:
War between US and the British.
Explanation:
Baltimore and New Orleans are the states of the United States of America in the year 1838. The nation had grown to 13 states from the year 1791 to the year 1838.
In the cities of Baltimore and New Orleans, the United States had fought war with British at the New Orleans and Baltimore in the war of 1812.
In this situation United States had problems with the nation of Great Britain.
Answer:
Monopolies are bad for the economy because lack of competition allows a few to set prices, stagnate competition.
Explanation:
How did the rich take advantage:
The rich had ready capital to either buy out smaller competitors or drive them out with undercut prices until the competitor failed, then prices to consumer went back up even higher.
It happened in the early industrial revolution: Rockefeller/Standard Oil,
Carnegie and JP Morgan= Steel industry
Still going on today, especially in the tech arena.
Able to manipulate what we buy, the way we think, etc.
We need to be responsible, situationally aware consumers.
Answer:
People killing other empire’s
Explanation:
Because they wanted to
