6 . A Egyptian trade depended on the exportation of cotton. It suffered because of the influx of
European goods (B). Muhammad Ali’s insistence on a single cash crop hindered Egyptian trade
(C). Trade improved after the opening of the Suez Canal (D).
7 . B Great Britain supported the Monroe Doctrine to improve its relations with Latin America so
that it could actively trade with the Latin American nations. Latin American trade increased after
the independence movements of the 1820s (A). The slave trade ended in the late nineteenth century
(C). Latin American nations imported manufactured goods (D).
8 . D Much of world trade in this period benefited Western colonial powers, who imposed their
manufactured goods on the developing world, increasing the economic power of the West (B).
China suffered an outflow of silver because of the opium trade (A). Latin America became
dependent on U.S. and European manufactured goods (C).