Question

Which of the following best describes the two roles traditional hinterlands fulfilled related to their ports?(1 point)
Responses

providing tribute (taxes) to the port and supplying sailors to the port
providing tribute (taxes) to the port and supplying sailors to the port

defending the port from invasion and maintaining law and order around the port
defending the port from invasion and maintaining law and order around the port

producing goods to be exported through the port and being a market for goods being imported at the port
producing goods to be exported through the port and being a market for goods being imported at the port

supplying labor to the port and buying good produced in the ports

Answer 1

The best description of the two roles traditional hinterlands fulfilled related to their ports is:

**producing goods to be exported through the port and being a market for goods being imported at the port**.

This option accurately reflects the economic interdependence between ports and their hinterlands, where hinterlands supplied resources and goods while also serving as a market for imported goods.