the Answer is C this could be considered the north west passage as well because it exactly was it was a direct way from europe to asia
Italy was not a unified nation in the 1500's but a series of regions and city-states which shared the same peninsula in the Mediterranean Sea. The power/domination of the Church of Rome had lost influenc.
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The Industrial Revolution. It added many machines and factories which in turn provided many jobs for many Americans.