I think its C...lots of that kinda stuff was done in the attempt to stop communistic spread of influence.
The type of economy that is also known as capitalism would be a "market economy," and it would be "d. How should it be ensured that goods and services are paid for?," that is not a <span>key economic question, since the consumer "answers" this. </span>
The Dutch East India Company was the first European that challenged the Portuguese domination of Asian trade. Different from Spanish and Portuguese traders, the Dutch expeditions were not controlled by the government, they had full sovereign powers. Because of that they had an enormous amount of power, they set up colonies and trading posts around the world, they captured Malacca from the Portuguese rule and opened trade with China.
