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In U.S.A, about 30-35....
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The Strait of Malacca is a strategic geographical point. It was so 500 years ago and it´s so still today. Its control allowed decisive influence on the trade routes with India and China, as any merchant ships had to pass throught the strait. This was a neuralgic point of the highly valued spice trade. Afonso de Albuquerque wanted to take control of the routes and establish militarized settlements along them to guarantee Portugal´s hegemony.
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More factory goods than cotton being sold to other countries was a sign that life was improving in the North.
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A is correct because this means that the North became industrialized, and instead of being dependent on manufactured goods from other countries, it became a manufacturing hotspot, meaning the economy was booming and the life of the people was improving.
B is not correct because problems of any sort, let alone cultural one, would lead to any prosperity.
C is not correct because it was not the rich families that were increasing in number but it was the formation of the middle class.
D is not correct because the communication and transportation means can be present in areas that are stagnating or where the majority of the people have bad lives, so they are not a good indicator.