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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
-Term often used to describe the siphoning of money from Europe to pay for the luxury products of the East, a process exacerbated by the fact that Europe had few trade goods that were desirable in Eastern markets.

• 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:

Return on Total Assets

A financial metric indicating how profitable a company is relative to its total assets, measuring the efficiency in using assets to generate earnings.

Net Profit Margin Percentage

A financial ratio that shows what percentage of sales has turned into profits, indicating overall profitability.

Gross Margin Percentage

A financial metric that represents the difference between sales and cost of goods sold, expressed as a percentage of sales.

Year 2

The second year in a sequence, often used in financial and operational planning or analysis.