Alaska provides oil.
1/3rd of Alaska's jobs are related to oil or gas.
In 1976 Alaska reserved a portion of the revenue to provide a citizen's dividend to residents of Alaska, which continues today. In 2010, a family of 4 receives 22,000 USD from the state. Since 1959, Alaska has in total gained $157 billion (adjusted in today's dollar value).
The correct answer is C) Gold and Spices.
Columbus's sailors hope they gain on this great voyage "Gold and Spices."
Cristopher Columbus discovered America on October 12, 1492, when he and his sailors arrived at the islands in the Caribbean. Spanish King Ferdinand de Aragon and Queen Isabella de Castille had sponsored the trip of Columbus because they wanted to explore new routes to the Indies and get more richness for the Spanish Kingdom. Columbus' sailors were ambitious and also wanted a piece of the pie and aspire to get some precious metals such as gold, as part of the adventure.
They were all slave states that had remained in the Union and this is what Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware had in common during the Civil war. The correct option among all the options that are given in the question is the second option. I hope that this is the answer you were looking for and it helped you.
