The Country That Can Exercise the Economic Leverage That Might

question 14

Multiple Choice

The country that can exercise the economic leverage that might bring North Korea back to the negotiating table is

• A) the United States.
• B) South Korea.
• C) Japan.
• D) Russia.
• E) China.

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Definitions:

Dutch West India Company

A chartered company of Dutch merchants in the 17th century that established and directed trade throughout the Atlantic, including the slave trade and the settlement of New Netherland, now New York.

Powhatan

The leader of the Powhatan Confederacy, a network of tribal nations in what is now Virginia, who played a significant role in the early interactions between Native American peoples and English settlers in the 17th century.

St. Augustine

St. Augustine is a historic city in Florida, known for being the oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the continental United States.

Massachusetts Bay Colony

An early English settlement in North America founded in 1630 by Puritans seeking religious freedom, it played a significant role in the development of New England.