According to the Article "A Sea Change in Shipping 50

question 65

Multiple Choice

According to the article "A Sea Change in Shipping 50 Years Ago," what impact did container shipping have on global trade?

• A) It increased the time taken to ship commodities.
• B) It decreased the volume of trade.
• C) It reduced the time that ships delivering goods spent at the port.
• D) It increased tariffs between countries.

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Definitions:

P-waves

Primary waves, or compressional waves, are the fastest seismic waves that travel through solids, liquids, and gases in a push-pull motion.

S-waves

Secondary or shear waves, a type of elastic wave that moves through the body of the Earth, used in the study of earthquakes and the Earth's interior.

Oceanic Trench

Deep, underwater canyons formed by the subduction of one tectonic plate under another at convergent plate boundaries.

Magmatic Belt

A geographic zone that is extensively populated by igneous rocks which have been or are being formed by magmatic processes typically related to tectonic plate boundaries.