<span>Vespucci realized the land he was exploring was a separate continent and not part of Asia, as he and many others believed at the time. The continents of North and South America are named after him.</span>
Answer:
Option: A. Population increased as new crops were introduced, improving diets and increasing life expectancy.
Explanation:
Before the arrival of the Europeans in the New World, it inhabited with Native Indians. After Christopher Columbus discovered America, there was a beginning of the Colombian Exchange. New plants and animals introduced in the Old World. The discovery of a new region with resources changed the nature of trade between Europe and the New World. It introduced new agricultural products, including tomatoes, pumpkin, potatoes, chillies, cocoa, maize, peanuts, and beans. The arrival of many crops and plants in Europe had nutrition with calories and flavour, which led to an increase in life expectancy.
The process of adaptation of new food led to an increase in the population in Europe. Rye and millet replaced by maize. Sweet potatoes became popular in Spain and Portugal. Later it reaches in Ireland and Poland as a staple crop. The new crops gave high nutrition than cereals.
Fragile; To be in a state where something can be easily broken.
Kilwa had seized the port of Sofala, which was a trading center for gold mined inland. By controlling Sofala, Kilwa was able to con- trol the overseas trade of gold from southern Africa. As a result, Kilwa became the wealthiest, most powerful coastal city-state.
