A monopoly is when one business or provider buys out all of the other companies or organizations in an industry. This makes it to where one company controls the entire industry and their company gets all of the money being earned.
That's survival 101. If you lived near streams you were guaranteed water. Also near streams the soil was rich was a key factor of agriculture. This was a key factor of life. If you look in todays world, most of the world population is found near bodies of water. Hope I helped. :)
C is the final answer! :)
Pride and Prejudice is very romantic. What most wealthy single men lacked was a wife.