It's C, He forged the first empire. I'm 100% sure
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Answer: Asia
The rivalry between Spain and Portugal in the "Age of Discovery" caused Spain, a rising power, to seek a new route to Asia like the one Portugal had found around the southern tip of Africa. This led Spain to be receptive to the claims of Christopher Columbus that he could get to India by sailing west.
The answer is B. The compromise was primarily for "fair" representation in congress for the slave states as well as keeping the states from fluctuating too high from state to state based off if its a slave state or not