According to Recent Statistics,____ in Annual U

question 34

Multiple Choice

According to recent statistics,____ in annual U.S.retail sales is generated through franchised outlets.

• A) $50 million
• B) $1 billion
• C) $ 50 billion
• D) $1 trillion

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Definitions:

New Amsterdam

The 17th-century Dutch colonial settlement that later became New York City after being taken by the English.

Slave Trade

The historical practice of buying, selling, and transporting enslaved individuals, especially prevalent in the Atlantic world from the 16th to the 19th century.

Royal Families

Dynastic families who traditionally rule a country as monarchs, often passing leadership from one generation to the next.

Mercantilism

An economic theory and practice, dominant in Europe from the 16th to 18th centuries, that advocated government regulation of a nation’s economy for the purpose of augmenting state power at the expense of rival national powers.