1. Receive and spend money without carrying cash
2. Direct deposit your paycheck into your checking account for faster access to your cash.
It all depends on the definition of the term Modern Era. The word modern comes from Latin word modo, which means right now or just now. It was used for the first time during the Renaissance in Italy to bring attention to the great rediscoveries of sciences, the arts, history and politics of Classical antiquity and the subsequent discoveries and progresses accomplished like the Age of Discovery.
If such definition is used as the basis for this question then the answer is definitely C.The establishment of global empires.
Indeed, since during the previous periods, Empires were limited to their immediate geographic areas. There had been some attempts to explore areas that were located much farther like the Vikings and their travels to Greenland and North America.
However, it was the Europeans: and to some lesser extent the Chinese, that actually discovered (in the literal sense of removing the cover) the Americas for the entirety of the world. The discovery paved the way for the emergence of Global Empires that were completely unprecedented in the history of humanity since they spanned several continents. For instance, the Global Spanish Empire Under Philip II of Spain in the 16th Century that spanned the continents of Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia.
(All of the above) is the answer
The correct answer is: "employees working long hours at low pay in unsafe conditions"
The term sweatshop is used to refer to a working place characterized by socially unceptable conditions, where the work undertaken can be unsafe, underpaid or both. In such places people work very extense shifts without overtime payments, the minimum wage regulations are ignored and sometimes, even laws banning child labor are violated.
The International Labour Organization had set certain standards for workplaces, in order to avoid such situations, and undertakes periodic inspections all over the world, to assess compliance.
