The author asserts which of the following about Arboria's trade policy?

In presenting the argument in the passage, the author uses all of the following EXCEPT:

The author mentions all of the following as characteristic of world trade in the mid-1940s EXCEPT:

which of the following statements best summarizes the author’s opinion of “free traders” and “fair traders”?

It can be inferred that the author of the passage would most likely agree with which of the following statements about multilateral trade negotiations?

Which of the following best states the difference between free trade and fair trade, as explained in the passage?

For the period from the eighth century through the eleventh century, the shifting boundaries between Kingdom F and Kingdom G have not been well charted. Although a certain village in a border region between the two kingdoms usually belonged to Kingdom G, ninth-century artifacts found in the village were in the typical Kingdom F style of that time. It is unclear whether the village was actually apart of Kingdom F in the ninth century or whether it was a part of Kingdom G but had merely adopted Kingdom F's artistic styles under Kingdom F's cultural influence.

Which of the following would, if found in ninth-century sites in the village, best help in determining whether the village was a part of Kingdom F or Kingdom G in the ninth century?    

One might expect that within a particular species, any individuals that managed to slow down the aging process would leave more offspring. Natural selection should therefore favor extreme longevity—but this does not seem to be the case.A possible explanation is that aging is a product of the inevitable wear and tear of living, similar to how household appliances generally accumulate faults that lead to their eventual demise. However, most researchers do not find this analogy satisfactory as an explanation. 

Which of the following would, if true, provide the strongest explanation for the researchers' reaction?

Linking arrangements among secondary schools and the workplace never evolved in the United States as they have in most other developed countries. 

Severely hindered by problems with local suppliers, the fact that the AQ division also had a new management team to adapt to was not seen by the board of directors as a legitimate excuse for such low productivity.