In 1488 Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias became the first European mariner to round the southern tip of Africa, opening the way for a sea route from Europe to Asia. Dias's ship rounded the perilous cape of Good Hope and then sailed around Africa's Southernmost point, Cabo das Agulhas, to enter the waters of the Indian Ocean.
Answer: the way in which people began to stand up to the church and their monarchies. Enlightenment ideas such as John Locke's natural rights made people want that for their governments, and people wanted a say in government.
B. Fewer chances of military conflict and war.
Answer:
<h3>as a military alliance between the United States and Western Europe.</h3>
Explanation:
- With the arising tension and competition between the US and USSR during the Cold War, the US created the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1949 as a military alliance between the United States and Western Europe.
- Also with the Soviet Union expanding its influence over the Eastern parts of Europe, the US and the Western European countries established the NATO to achieve collective economic and political security against the Soviet influence in Western Europe.
