As my memory serves me well, innovations like the production of gunpowder, tea, and silk are usually attributed to D. China
All of the states of the USA are north of the equator.
So are all the states of Mexico.
Europe highly benefits from its location as well as various physical features.
Explanation:
The European region includes various mountains such as the Alps, Apennines, Carpathians and Balkans. Rough plateaus, steep sloping lands are the features that define the region. Europe is referred to as a peninsula. A peninsula is a land covered by water on all the three sides.
The favourable temperature and the climate plays huge role in the case of agriculture. Europe also provides various natural resources which helps in development. The location of Europe helps to access Asia by land and the America and Africa by sea which helps in increasing the trade. Europe acts as a link between the people of various diversity and their cultures by supporting polyglot education.
Seafloor mapping during WWI and the Cold War had revealed the details of the physical structure of the ocean ridge system, and discovery of magnetic stripes on the ocean floor was the crucial turning point in development of plate tectonic theory. when deep-sea line soundings (bathymetric surveys) were routinely made in the Atlantic and Caribbean.
