Consider the case of long-distance telephone service. in country x, there are 20 providers of long-distance telephone service in a highly competitive market environment. on the other hand, in country y, long-distance telephone service is largely regulated by the government, with the firm horizon as the sole provider of this service. under these circumstances, it is expected that;
a. countries x and y will have similar growth potential.
b. country x will have higher growth potential than country y.
c. country x will have lower growth potential than country y.
d. more information is needed to comment on the growth potential.

In just over one hundred years, between 1701 and 1810, 252,500 enslaved africans were brought to barbados—an island that occupies only 166 square miles (making it, today, one of the smallest countries in the world). the english then set out to conquer more sugar islands, starting with jamaica, which they took from spain in 1655. in the same period that the 252,500 africans were brought to barbados, 662,400 africans were taken to jamaica. thus, sugar drove more than 900,000 people into slavery, across the atlantic, to barbados and jamaica—and these were just two of the sugar islands. the english were eagerly filling antigua, nevis, saint kitts, and montserrat with slaves and sugar mills. they took over much of dutch guiana for the same reason. seeing the fortunes being made in sugar, the french started their own scramble to turn the half of the island of hispaniola that they controlled (which is now haiti), as well as martinique, guadeloupe, and french guiana (along the south american coast near dutch guiana), into their own sugar colonies, which were filled with hundreds of thousands more african slaves. by 1753, british ships were taking average of 34,250 slaves from africa every year, and by 1768, that number had reached 53,100. –sugar changed the world, marc aronson and marina budhos how do the authors use historical evidence to support their claim? x(a) they use secondary sources to show how french and english monarchs were indifferent to enslaved people. x(b)they use secondary sources to show that enslaved people often fought for their freedom after arriving in the caribbean. the answer is: (c)they use facts from primary sources to show how countries increased the number of enslaved people to produce more sugar. x(d)they use primary source interviews to show that countries could make more money in trading sugar without using enslaved people.

The events in animal farm mirror the real-life events of the russian revolution and the birth of the soviet union. this aspect of the novel is an example of which literary technique? irony parody reversal ridicule

How does leo tolstoy contrast the characters of gerasim and ivan ilyich in the death of ivan ilyich? a) ivan ilyich doesn’t like materialistic people, and gerasim doesn’t hate anybody. b) gerasim shows concern for ivan ilyich, whereas ivan has led a self-centered life. c) ivan ilyich doesn’t treat gerasim as his son, but gerasim treats ivan as his father. d) gerasim is unhappy as a servant, whereas ivan ilyich is proud of his position in society.