C. Both the GNP and the percentage of high school graduates rose.
<span>The first European explorers to come to Island Southeast Asia were the "Dutch", who came in the 1500s searching for spices, since they eventually set up the infamous "Dutch East India Company"--which served Europe for many years. </span>
Because it <span>divided the South into five military districts and outlined how the new governments would be designed.</span>
