I will go with religion because Religion to me have been the oldest of all the option given. It is the only thing that connect the world.
John Wolfe introduced the staple crop, tobacco.
Answer:
Jay caught 18, Blair caught 9.
Explanation:
Not sure this is history, but...
If Jay caught twice as many as Blair, that is in the ratio 2:1.
Two add one is three, and 27/3 is 9. Multiply the 9 into the ratio (2x9, 1x9) to give you 18 for Jay and 9 for Blair.
The important natural resource in West Africa that the Songhai Empire controlled was salt.
A.) Salt mines in the sahara desert is the answer.