The Emergence of Japan as a Major Source of Silver

question 12

Multiple Choice

The emergence of Japan as a major source of silver production in the sixteenth century contributed to

• A) wars with Spain for control of the silver trade.
• B) a population explosion and ecological crisis.
• C) the end of civil war and the unification of Japan.
• D) Japan's rise as an empire by the seventeenth century.

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