Why hadn't Europeans used maritime routes before the age of exploration?
A.
They feared that the Muslims controlling Portugal and Spain made maritime routes unsafe.
OB.
They didn't have the ships and navigation skills to travel around Africa to Asla.
C.
They focused on exploring Europe for gold, silver, and other precious metals.
D.
They were interested only in trading with other European nations.

the phenomenon that would be cited as evidence of increased economic interdependence between europe and the americas is  the development of mercantilism.

this theory suggests that the wealth of a country depends on its economic assets, or capital.

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in the 1950s, country music came into its own before rock-n-roll took off in the 60s while jazz and classical music continued to innovate

the options of this question are:

a) president wilson’s desire to form the league of nations  

b) germany’s desire for reasonable conditions of surrender and fair treatment.  

c)europe’s desire to maintain original pre-war borders  

d) the allies’ desire to seek retribution for germany’s actions

the correct answer is d) the allies’ desire to seek retribution for germany’s actions.

the allies’ desire to seek retribution for germany’s actions had the greatest influence on how germany was treated after world war i.

it is estimated that the cost of wwi was around 260 billion dollars, and the allies wanted germany to pay a big part for the losses. the allies also wanted to impose land losses as well as limit the army of germany and confiscate their industrial resources to apply the retribution.

in the united states, president woodrow wilson created the fourteen points to be delivered to germany, as a peace program. he presented these documents to the u.s. congress in january 1918.

randy pausch was a famous mathematician, writer and lecturer who is particularly famous for his last speech, given in 2007, "the las lecture", because he illustrates why one's dreams need to be pursued in a logical order if success is to be obtained, option c. at this time, pausch had been diagnosed with terminal cancer so he told the audience to follow their childhood dreams, which were possible to achieve. it has been recognized as one of the best motivational speech around the world.