A historian is analyzing the map referenced in the accompanying quiz documents. He has been told that it was produced by European explorers in
the 15th century, but he argues that it was not. Which of the following, if true,
would most strongly support his argument?

answer: in 1900, there were no "workplace safety laws"!

explanation: at the beginning of this century, workers in the united states faced remarkably high health and safety risks on the job.

a century ago in 1900 about three hundred out of every one hundred thousand miners were killed on the job each year.

[industria] developments occurred within a legal and regulatory climate that diminished employer’s interest in safety. as a result, americans developed production methods that were both highly productive and often very dangerous.

eastern europe, the region of europe that is east of germany, was heavily influenced by the byzantine empire. through byzantine traders, and more importantly, the church, byzantium influenced the art, literature, and architecture of the region

the british invasion was also known as "english wave", was the predominant musical trend in the united states in the mid-60s, when numerous groups ofss rock & roll that were originally from the united kingdom, reached high levels of popularity beginning with the success of the beatles in north america. all these groups, clearly influenced by rock & roll, blues and american rhythm & blues, were able to elaborate simple songs

and catchy. in the middle of 1962 the rolling stones began like one of a series of groups that show more and more influence, along with bands like the animals and the yardbirds. in 1963, the beatles and other rhythm groups, such as the hollies, had achieved great popularity and commercial success in britain itself. the british rock received a pass to the popularity of musical currents in the united states in january 1964 with the success "i want to hold your hand" ranked number 1 on the billboard hot 100 list, beginning the british invasion of the music list of the united states.

also musical genres influenced by african rhythms such as soul, began to have popularity.

many of the best musicians in history are english: the beatles, queen, pink floyd, bowie, the smiths, led zeppelin.