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Multiple Choice

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Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section.
Terms
-The massive, interconnected web of commerce in premodern times that included East Africa, India, and Southeast Asia; the network was badly disrupted by Portuguese intrusion beginning around 1500.

• A)Indian Ocean commercial network
• B)trading post empire
• C)Philippines (Spanish)
• D)British/Dutch East Indian companies
• E)Tokugawa shogunate
• F)"silver drain"
• G)Potosí
• H)soft gold
• I)African diaspora
• J)Benin
• K)Dahomey
• L)Ayuba Suleiman Diallo

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Definitions:

Sapwood

The younger, softer, outermost layers of wood between the heartwood and the bark, functioning in the transport of water and nutrients.

Softwood

Wood from gymnosperm trees, typically less dense than hardwood, used in construction, paper manufacturing, and furniture.

Photosynthesis

The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize nutrients from carbon dioxide and water, producing oxygen as a byproduct.

Support

The action or structure that holds something steady or strengthens it.