Base your answer to questions 5 and 6 on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies.
Date:
In comparing the advantages of England for manufactures with those of other countries, we can by han
means overlook the excellent commercial position of the country-
intermediate between the north seas
south of Europe; and its insular situation [island location), which, combined
with the command of the can
secures our territory from invasion or annoyance
.
The
German ocean, the Baltic, and the Mediterranean
are the regular highways for our ships; and our western ports command an unobstructed (clear) passage
to
the Atlantic, and to every quarter [part] of the world.
Source: Edward Baines, History of the Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain, A.M. Kelly from the NYS Global
History and Geography Regents Exam, January 2003.
5. Based on this document, identify one advantage of England's geographic context.
A. England is in the Mediterranean Sea.
B. England is an island located near trade routes.
C. England is a part of mainland Europe.
D. England has highways for transporting goods overland.
6. Identify one effect of England's geographic context as described in the passage.
A. The French Revolution
B. The Protestant Reformation
C. The Industrial Revolution
D. The Parliamentary System
Base your answers to question 7 on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies.
"It was a town of red brick, or of brick that would have been red if the smoke and ashes had allowed it; but as
matters stood it was a town of unnatural red and black like the painted face of a savage. It was a town of
machinery and tall chimneys, out of which interminable serpents of smoke trailed themselves for ever and
ever, and never got uncoiled. It had a black canal in it, and a river that ran purple with illsmelling dye....
- Charles Dickens, Hard Times
7. Which problem is the subject of this passage?
A. economic inequality
B. urban pollution
C. lack of child labor laws
D. poor transportation systems