All of the Following Statements Are True of the Portuguese

question 10

Multiple Choice

All of the following statements are true of the Portuguese interaction or contacts in West Africa EXCEPT:

• A) African agriculturalists became much more productive after adopting Portuguese iron plow shears.
• B) By the 1440s, Portuguese mariners raided the West African coast for slaves.
• C) In early skirmishes with Africans, the precisely aimed poisoned arrows of the Africans were more effective than the Portuguese muskets.
• D) The Portuguese gained rights to trade and build posts through treaties with local African leaders.

Comprehend the relationship between tax credits for investment and shifts in the demand for loanable funds and supply of dollars in the foreign-currency exchange market.

Recognize the effects of capital flight on demand for loanable funds, supply of dollars, and net capital outflows in the foreign-currency exchange market.

Analyze the impact of a government default on its debt on the country's real interest rates and currency valuation in the open-economy macroeconomic model.

Identify how capital flight influences the market for foreign-currency exchange.

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