<span>Assuming that this is referring to the same list of options that was posted before with this question, <span>the correct response would be the one having to do with how this discovery led to a "gold rush," that brought thousands of settlers out to the West, since this played a role in the westward expansion of the US. </span></span><span />
15th to the 17th centuries were the Age of Exploration
<span>D. The Great Schism of 1378</span>