The Switch to Staple Crop Production on Plantations in Southeast

question 92

Multiple Choice

The switch to staple crop production on plantations in southeast Asia resulted in which outcome?​

• A)​Colonials engaging local elites to switch from sustenance crops to commodities.
• B)​Foreign recruitment for increased labor on plantations for tea and rubber.
• C)​Artificially maintaing low wages to keep plantations economically competitive.
• D)​Forced labor through a process of "shanghaied" induction.
• E)​All of these.