Northern places like Canada were colonized by France. The mid part was at first colonized by the Dutch but then the colonies were taken by the British. The central American part, including South America and the Carribean was mostly controlled by the Spanish. Portugal had control of Brazil while Russians started slowly moving towards Alaska but couldn't establish colonies until the 18th century.
The correct answers are a. learning and the arts flourished, supported by the thriving gupta economy and c. gupta artisans produced goods sold locally and as far away as the middle east and southeast asia
These are evidence that explain their prosperity.
The answer is B. They thought they could benefit from the area's warm climate and fertile soil.
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