Which of the following was the most inexpensive way to ship products from the orient?
a. by land routes through the middle east
b. by sea routes across several oceans
c. a combination of sea then land then sea
d. a combination of sea then directly by land

C. A combination of sea then land then sea

Texas’ gulf coastal plains are the western extension of the coastal plain extending from the atlantic ocean to beyond the rio grande. its characteristic rolling to hilly surface covered with a heavy growth of pine and hardwoods extends into east texas. in the increasingly arid west, however, its forests become secondary in nature, consisting largely of post oaks and, farther west, prairies and brushlands.