Answer:
Option: b. were intended to locate the Northwest Passage.
Explanation:
The first French explorer Jacques Cartier was sent to New World to find the wealth and to find a route to Asia. Though Cartier never succeeded in finding the Northwest Passage after making three attempts in Newfoundland. On his first route he finds St. Lawrence River and claimed the land in the name of France, on the second voyage he found Quebec and in the third, he failed.
The Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, and New Kingdom are significant because they s<span>pan entire history of Ancient Egypt. In the Old Kingdom, they invented a </span>type of paper made of a plant by same name which is Papyrus. And in this era, it <span> marked the appearance of Pyramids.</span>
He wasn't a strong enough leader to hold position on anything.