Read an excerpt from an informational document.
In comparing the advantages of England for
manufacturing with those of other countries, we can by
no means overlook the excellent commercial position
[location] of the country-intermediate [middle] between
the north and south of Europe, and its insular [inward
looking] situation, which, combined with the command of
the seas, secures our territory from invasion.... [O]ur
ports command an unobstructed passage to the Atlantic
and to every quarter of the world.
-Edward Baines, History of the Cotton Manufacture in
Great Britain, 1835
Which detail best supports the thesis that Britain's
geographic advantages supported trade?
O "its insular [inward looking] situation"
O"combined with the command of the seas"
O "an unobstructed passage to the Atlantic"
O "secures our territory from invasion"
