The Principal Economic Activity Carried on in the Core States

question 3

Multiple Choice

The principal economic activity carried on in the core states in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was:

• A) mineral extraction
• B) manufacturing
• C) capitalist farming
• D) plantation agriculture based on slave labor

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Definitions:

Epigenetic Molecules

Molecules that can modify the structure of DNA or its surrounding environment, thereby affecting gene expression without altering the DNA sequence itself.

Fraternal Twins

Twins born from two separate eggs fertilized by two different sperm cells, resulting in siblings that are genetically distinct.

Dizygotic

Referring to twins that are the result of two separate eggs fertilized by two separate sperm, resulting in genetically distinct siblings born at the same time.

Monozygotic

Another term for identical twins, indicating they originated from a single zygote.