A i believe. This is because it does not always go for popular vote and is always taking away power from states just cause of their population.
I believe the answer is b because there were often wars between African clans and the best way to get rid of the prisoners and get things they needed at the same time was to trade them.
They worked to open both countries to foreign trade.
So dias created the trade route around souther tip of Africa, and da Gama was the first one to use that trade route to travel to India.