The Digging Up and Shipping Away of the Most Easily

question 12

Multiple Choice

The digging up and shipping away of the most easily accessible minerals and the use of the best farmland for export crops rather than subsistence crops exemplified the __________ colonial power.

• A)environmental degradation carried out through
• B)economic desperation associated with
• C)negative economic implications of
• D)aggressive work ethic perpetuated through

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