What was the crusaders' biggest obstacle to profitable sugar production in the Holy Land?Multiple choice question.There were no markets; no one really knew what sugar was.It was very expensive to produce and the crusaders lacked access to funds.There were no ships to transport it.Its production was labor-intensive.

Sugar was the most important commodity in the Atlantic World.Group of answer choices

What was the main economic grievance against the Church?Group of answer choicesThe Church's wealth and land ownershipThe Church promoted free tradehe Church refused to lend moneyThe Church was hoarding gold PreviousNext

The Crusade Wars conducted between Christians and Muslims resulted in devastation of commerce and trade in Europe.Question 1Answera.Falseb.True

Why did European sugar plantations expand westward from the eastern Mediterranean islands after Saladin's reconquest of Jerusalem?Multiple ChoiceThe climate of the eastern Mediterranean was not suitable for sugar.Turkish bands kept marauding the eastern Mediterranean islands.The Black Death had decimated the labor force of the Eastern Mediterranean.The sugar crop exhausted soil quickly, forcing plantations to move on a regular basis.

Why did Thomas Malthus believe that population growth would surpass the available resources?Multiple choice question.There were not enough rich people to help poor families.Fast population growth seemed to surpass the growth of the food supply.There were not enough peasants to grow the necessary crops.There was too much illegal emigration.