Over Time, Globally

question 59

Multiple Choice

Over time, globally,

• A) governments have added new restrictions on the students schools serve-for example, by declaring more students as "unfit" for education
• B) many nations that once offered public funding for education have ended it
• C) more of the cost of schooling children has fallen to the government
• D) governments have reduced their support of public education and instead shifted the costs to families

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Definitions:

Navigation Acts

were a series of laws passed by the English Parliament in the 17th century that regulated trade between England and its colonies, primarily intended to strengthen the British economy by restricting colonial trade to English ships.

Mercantilist Regulations

Economic policies and theories from the 16th to 18th centuries focusing on a nation's wealth accumulation through trade balance control, often through protective tariffs and government regulation of commerce.

Covenant Chain

Alliance formed in the 1670s between the English and the Iroquois nations.

Iroquois Confederacy

A coalition of Native American tribes primarily located in what is now New York State, historically known for their political union and influence.