Answer B
Explanation: common sense
This would allow for a direct water trade route to New York City (C).
The Erie Canal connects the Hudson River in Albany with Lake Erie in Buffalo. DeWitt Clinton, governor of New York, asked for its creation in the early 19th century in order to have a navigable water route from New York City to the Great Lakes.
In the 18th century, the lack of railwails in this area made water the most profitable shipping route for bulk goods (i.e. large quantities of merchandise not packaged in usual containers, such as coal, oil, chemicals, sugar).
The northern hemisphere is called the land hemisphere because the greater part of the earth landmass lies in the northern hemisphere
The Southern Hemisphere is called the water hemisphere because it is made up of most of the seas like Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean
believed the partition would ease tensions between Muslims and Hindus.