The statement that best explains the economic benefits of building a smaller courthouse instead of a larger one is that a smaller courthouse would require fewer workers and materials to build it and could also open more quickly compared to a larger one. Hope this helps!
They started domesticating wheat. This wasn't their main feat however since they also started herding sheep and domesticating goats. These two enabled them to stop moving around like nomads and make a real civilization in the area which resulted in what is now known as history.
These are the circumstances under which the protest of the students in Tinker v. Des Moines would be deemed unprotected speech:
if their action had clearly threatened order and safety.
And since it didn't, there was no reason for it to be deemed unprotected speech.
The Scramble for Africa was a competition between the European powers (Great Britain, France, Belgium and others) over colonies in Africa - the correct answer is "a competition for colonies". It happened between the end of 19th century and the beginning of 20th century.