Your answer would be B.
Why? The others don't make sense.
Answer:
Hummingbird
Explanation:
A hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards.
So they could get more resources faster like silk and spices.
Answer:
The Silk Road and other trade routes had become too dangerous, expensive and time consuming
Explanation:
Trade routes to Asia and the Middle East had become very dangerous for Europeans because non-friendly empires like Ottoman Empire and the Persian Empire were the middlemen between Europe and Asia.
For this reason, Europeans were pushed to explore alternative trade routes to Asia. In fact, Columbus idea was to sail west to find a new route to Asia, he never expected to land on a whole new continent.
