Well, if you look at the ocean from a standing point of view, it's pretty flat and water is spread all around the surface. Because of this, most people would assume that ocean is just flat and smooth.
Thanks to the discovery of science, we're able to go down deep and learn that there is more to the ocean than we knew about. =)
Hope that helps! -UnicornFudge aka Nadia
<u><em>China financed a large new fleet sent out to trade and build contacts under the command of Zheng He.</em></u>
Answer: Option C
<u>Explanation:</u>
- Ming dynasty is the one and only first Chinese dynasty that showed interest in trading with other countries. Zheng He was a great sea explorer who is also a fleet commander.
- He established trades with many foreign countries. He served under the third Emperor Yongle whose reign was between 1402 to 1424. He built big ships (some families can live in) also named them as Junk to travel in the sea.
- That made the Ming Dynasty earn more money. Ming Dynasty was interested only trading with Portuguese and Spain but most of the Europeans wanted to trade wit Asia for spices and teas.
- When Yongle died the funding for the travel was stopped and that was the end of the Ming Dynasty's International trade through seas.
Answer: B. It is useful for navigation.
Explanation:
The Mercator is a famous map projections that was created by Geradus Mercator who was a Flemish geographer in 1569.
The Mercator is used for nautical purposes and is regarded as the standard map projection due to the fact that the lines of true direction can be represented on it and hence useful for navigation.
I believe its b , hope it helps
Answer:
Correct answer is A. the Portuguese spoken there is slightly different than in Portugal.
Explanation:
Option A is correct as the language of indigenous population partially affected the Portuguese language, and that is why it is not totally the same as it is the one that people in Portugal are speaking.
B is not correct as differences in economy is not a cultural effect.
C is also not correct as this is a product of other factors.
D is not correct because this judgment is not based on any realistic data.