The Triangle Trade That Emerged in the Early 1500s Resulted

question 43

Multiple Choice

The Triangle Trade that emerged in the early 1500s resulted in an unprecedented level of economic, social, and military activity between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. The European effort to expand their own economic power in the Caribbean quickly proved unsustainable due to a shortage of what essential commodity?

• A) water
• B) sugar
• C) ships
• D) people

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