Why do some people consider the way the media cover candidates for public office bad for democracy?

Lloyd’s of london was one of the first institutions to offer insurance to merchants and joint-trade companies. a major part of the insurance system involved people who agreed to take responsibility for the insured losses in return for a fee. what were these risk-takers known as? a. joint-stock companies b. investors c. underwriters d. merchants e. capitalists

Item 14 which statement is an accurate description of the transatlantic slave trade? africans were brought to the americas in a three-part system of triangular trade. slaves went from europe to africa, and then to the americas in a circle of trade. native american slaves were sent to europe in exchange for sugar and molasses. africans traded tobacco and furs for captured arabs whom they sold into slavery.

Select the correct answer. how did powerful families such as the medici and the sforza spread renaissance ideas? a. they provided financial support to young artists and writers. b. they educated the poor children living in their own city-states. c. they constructed schools and colleges to teach the humanities. d. they borrowed money from banks to invite foreign artists to italy. e. they promoted contemporary works over religious works.