What fuelled the great explorations of Spain and Portugal weren't because they liked doing it, it was because silk and spices were super expensive to be traded along the Silk Road, past Arab states that imposed hefty taxes, and had to be shipped all the way across the Mediterranean Sea, where ports made fortunes by levying even more on the goods.
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a. Social Security Administration
Explanation:
The United States Social Security Administration is an independent agency of the federal government. It was created as part of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal in 1935 (after the signing of the Social Security Act of 1935). The agency administers social insurance programs that consist of retirement, disabilities and survivors' benefits.
Answer:
A. <u>I have known them since a long time</u>.
