Which Is Least Accurate About Foreign Trade

question 12

Multiple Choice

Which is least accurate about foreign trade?

• A) In the early 1900s, the most industrialized nations exported foodstuffs and raw materials to the least developed countries.
• B) After the Civil War, rapid improvements in communications, like the first successful transatlantic cable, lowered the price of trade.
• C) After the Civil War, rapid improvements in transportation, like the opening of the Suez Canal and developments of railroads, reduced the price of shipping.
• D) In the late 1800s and early 1900s the network of international trade assumed many of its modern characteristics.

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