Silicon Valley is popularly known for gadgets, computers, and laptops. I think companies that would choose to be at that place are engaged in these kinds of business. It would also include repairs and technical support on troubleshooting that would support the technology.
D. They had no immunity to diseases brought by European explorers and settlers :D
FDR got us through the great depression and world war II
He humanized the american industrial system
He was a major transformative leader
He gave us social security
The Nile River meets with the Mediterranean Sea in northern Egypt.
The Black Death killed 38 million people, it was a terrible illness which spread rapidly.
The Great Schism was in 1054 and the Christian church broke up into two sections, which essentially divided the Church with two popes.
I would say that trade would be "believed to travel to Europe because of this", because it would not really fit anywhere else.
Now, I'm not two sure on the last one but the Hundred Years War was where King Edward the III of England thought that he should be the king of France, so there was a very long battle between the two. I would say the Hundred Years War would be started by division of the heir to the throne of England, and France and Italy did not agree who was to be pope. Since the Hundred Years War had really nothing to do with Italy.
