A Major Economic Consequence of the Transportation and Marketing Revolutions

question 3

Multiple Choice

A major economic consequence of the transportation and marketing revolutions was

• A) a lessening of the gap between great wealth and poverty.
• B) a stabilization of the work force in industrial cities.
• C) the declining significance of American agriculture.
• D) an increased prosperity for all Americans.
• E) the growing realization of the "rags-to-riches" American dream.

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Definitions:

Turbidity Currents

Underwater currents of rapidly moving, sediment-laden water moving down a slope, caused by the increased density from suspended particles.

Mixed Masses

Compositions of varying substances or materials combined together, often without uniformity.

Downslope Marine

Describes processes or movements occurring towards the bottom of the ocean slope, often involving sediment transport from shallower to deeper waters.

Physical Weathering

The mechanical breakdown of rocks and minerals into smaller pieces by physical forces without changing their composition.