Answer: to control of the sea lines of communication between the United States and Australia.
Explanation:
Operationally, the Battle of Guadalcanal was notable for the interrelationship of a complex series of engagements on the ground, at sea, and in the air.
The missionaries were motivated by belief that African natives needed the Christian message to be saved eternally, as well as feeling motivated to help the earthly well-being of the peoples in Africa as a Christian duty to help those in need.
Note that there is an implication in all of this that the European culture was superior to the African culture, and that the people of the central African rainforest were indeed in need. Missionary endeavors set up medical clinics and schools and other facilities to aid the African natives. There certainly was much good done in this way, but there also was a paternalistic attitude of the "white man's burden" to help seemingly lower human beings. (Rudyard Kipling wrote the poem "White Man's Burden" in 1899 in reference to a different imperial venture, but the thought applies here as well.)
Answer:C. christianity
Explanation:Most Europeans at the time were strong christians and believers of the church, buddhism was more so done by the Chinese, islamic done by the middle east and Mormonism didn't start till the 1820's long after the age of exploration had ended.
The correct answer is Russia
Russian explorers discovered the area and decided to take it for themselves in order to hunt there and get fur. Through this place they went even westwards into Alaska. This is how Russia got Alaska in its possession before it eventually decided to sell the territory to the United States government. It has belonged to the US ever since.