Answer to Question #183236 in Psychology for Faith

Question

Choose the correct option.

For what reasons do historians sometimes argue that the slave system at the cape hindered economic development and caused the cape to remain an undiversified economy throughout the voc period?

A.money that could have been invested in developing farms,towns and infrastructure was instead spent on slave labour.

B.although slave traders did invest a considerable amount of their money in the cape economy,this was an inefficient form of investment.

C.the dependence on slave labour meant that other forms of labour and production that might have been more efficient were never explored.

D.the cape remained technologically backward because reliance on slave labour meant that there was no need to implement alternative strategies.

1.a,c,d.

2.b,d.

3.c,d.

4.a,b,c.

Answer 1

3. C, d