The correct answer is A. Spain benefited from the Treaty of Tordesillas winning exploration and trading rights over half of the non-European world.
The treaty established a dividing line 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands. To the west of that line, Spain would have exclusivity of exploration and establishment of colonies, the same with respect to Portugal to the east of that dividing line.
As a result, Portugal guaranteed its rights over Brazil and the exploration of Africa; while Spain secured its supremacy in the exploration and colonization of the American continent, recently discovered (with the exception of Brazil).
Answer:
The United States returned to an isolationist foreign policy.
The drop in military spending sent the United States into a recession.
Explanation:
The immediate effect was to usher in the Great Depression. The long term effect was to increase government involvement with the economy, to prevent another crash or depression.
1 is the right answer. Many southern European countries were under the control of Islam. The caliphate of Cordoba in Spain for instance. Or the caliphate of Sicily...this allowed Islamic teachings to reach the European mainland. Venetians traded with oriental countries a lot...that's how the fork got imported