True/False Quiz

Choose 'True' if the statement is true and 'False' if the statement is false.

1
Vasco da Gama reached India in 1498 with the aid of a Hindu pilot picked up in East Africa.
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2
A Spanish-directed fleet inflicted a decisive defeat on the navy of the kingdom of Portugal at the battle of Lepanto in 1571.
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3
The British passed tariffs against the import of Indian cotton in favor of using India as a market for British-processed goods and a source of relatively cheap cash crops such as tea.
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4
The Dutch colony at the Cape of Good Hope immediately came into conflict with the Bantu farmers who had settled in the region previously.
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5
North American colonists developed a merchant class and some stake in manufacturing in a pattern rather similar to that taking shape in Western Europe.
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Note: answer choices in this exercise are randomized.

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