That's a D from me, to culminate would be to grow, build, culminate
Answer: Nevertheless, slavery received important protections in the Constitution. The notorious three-fifths clause—which counted three-fifths of a state's slave population in apportioning representation—gave the South extra representation in the House of Representatives and extra votes in the Electoral College.
Explanation: wait for another person to answer in case im wrong
B
they never really interacted much with the west except for stuff like the silk road.
Basically Soviet artificial satellite to be placed in orbit. :)