Answer:
A. The vikings were more curious than most EUROPEANS, B. The Vikings had the technology to sail long distance and D. The vikings reached Americas before other Europeans.
Explanation:
Leif Ericsson was the explorer who is believed to be the first European to arrive at the North American continent. He arrived in 1000 CE and established the first settlement called Vinland. He was son of Eric the Red, Eric is credited with the discovery of Greenland and building the first settlement there. His accounts had been passed down as legends through the vikings sagas. In 999CE, he was given the task to convert the Greenlanders to Christianity by the king Olaf first and while returning to Greenland from Norway he got off track and landed in North America. This discovery was a pure co incidence and was not funded by anyone.
Answer:
Monopolies hinder competition because by definition, they are anti-competitive.
Explanation:
A monopoly is a firm that is the sole provider of a good for which there are no close substitutes.
Monopolies charge higher prices than they would in a competitive enviroment, and for this reason, they benefit the monopoly at the expense of the consumers.
Governments can set several policies to reduce monopoly power. One policy is simply to prohibit monopolies from forming, which is the case for most industries in developed nations.
Another policy is to simply take over the monopoly, and make it a public enterprise, so that the extra economic benefits of the monopoly are shared with the people (at least in theory).
A.) They sat in front of the bus and used 'white' restrooms in bus stations.
True - the purpose of the expedition was to map the new louisiana territory as well as lay claims to the oregon country :)
