Select the Word or Phrase That Best Matches the Definition

question 1

Multiple Choice

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
-Term used to describe the devastating demographic impact of European-borne epidemic diseases on the Americas.

• A)Cortés
• B)Doña Marina
• C)the Great Dying
• D)Little Ice Age and General Crisis
• E)Columbian exchange
• F)peninsulares
• G)mestizo
• H)mulattoes
• I)plantation complex
• J)settler colonies
• K)Siberia
• L)yasak
• M)Qing dynasty empire
• N)Mughal Empire
• O)Akbar
• P)Aurangzeb
• Q)Ottoman Empire
• R)Constantinople
• S)the devshirme

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Definitions:

Reserve Requirement

A regulation that sets the minimum fraction of customer deposits and notes that each bank must hold as reserves, rather than loaning out or investing.

Loans

Borrowed sums of money that must be repaid with interest over a predetermined period.

Reserve Ratio

The portion of depositors' balances that banks must have on hand as cash, set by central banking authorities to ensure liquidity and stability in the banking system.

Additional Reserves

The excess funds that banks hold over the required minimum to meet reserve requirements set by a central bank.