HISTORY
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM
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Question
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This highly addictive drug was introduced to Chinese culture and opened up trade communication with Great Britain.
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a. Marijuana
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Cocaine
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Opium
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Tobacco
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Opium addiction was wide spread in China and following a 1799 ban on opium in China smuggling of opium became a common industry that led to the opium war between the British and China in 1839.
Detailed explanation-2: -The British had already discovered a great market in southern China for smuggled opium, and American traders soon also turned to opium to supplement their exports to China.
Detailed explanation-3: -Opium has been used as a medicinal and recreational substance in China for centuries, its shifting meanings tied to class and national identity. Opium has a complicated global history as a remarkably effective medicine and an instigator of moral panics.
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