Which of the following Chinese inventions helped the sea shipping merchants?

Why would the rumor of a government contract change the value of this companys stock

Germany italy and japan formed the tripartite pact in part because they: a. hoped to convince the united states to stay out of world war ii b. share the ruling philosophies based on communist economics c. resented the agreements they were forced to sign at the munich conference d. believed their territories were threatened by aggressive foreign states

What was the most significant result of the opium wars? a. china’s navy was exposed as incompetent. b. china could no longer impose tariffs. c. they increased britain’s influence in china. d. they decreased europe’s influence in china.