B) helped create the strong, individualistic American spirit
Answer:
d. Indian Ocean
Explanation:
Portugal's control of the the Indian Ocean broke the hold of Muslims and Italians on Asian trade.
19th-century imperialism was more focused on controlling a territory's economy than colonizing it. (APEX)
The last one "Britain required loyalty in order to maintain authority."
Though the two main sects within Islam, Sunni and Shia, agree on most of the fundamental beliefs and practices of Islam, a bitter split between the two goes back some 14 centuries. The divide originated with a dispute over who should succeed the Prophet Muhammad as leader of the Islamic faith he introduced