The figure that this practice can be attributed is to the Benedict of Nursia. The correct answer will be B.
The answer is C because if there able afford more food it would be cheaper
In the Age of New Imperialism that began in the 1870s, European states established vast empires mainly in Africa, but also in Asia and the Middle East. - https://www.tamaqua.k12.pa.us/cms/lib07/PA01000119/Centricity/Domain/119/TheAgeofImperialism.pdf