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Keep this little phrase in mind: <u>gold, glory, and God.</u> In that order. The reason the Catholic monarchs Isabella and Ferdinand sponsored Columbus was
- <u>gold.</u> They wanted to get rich off of gold, which would enable them to increase their wealth and trading power as per the economic system of mercantilism.
- <u>glory.</u> They wanted their names to be famous. Two of the islands that Columbus saw were named after the two rulers (Isabela Island and Fernandina).
- <u>God.</u> They were highly Catholic (remember the Spanish Inquisition?) and they wanted to spread that, in theory, to the primitive natives.
The correct answer is D)macadam. Macadam was an invention keyed by a Scottish man who changed the way we view paving of roads and highways. Macadam is a mixture of small stones crushed together with asphalt, the sticky, black material used for both concrete and macadam. The name Macadam comes from the engineer's name, which was John Loudon McAdam. There had been other attempts at macadam before McAdam, but McAdam improved it and his was the first to arrive in the United States.
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