I would honestly go with true for this answer, this is a great question.
Columbus's voyage will start the Columbian Exchange. This was a an exchange of fruits, vegetables, plants, and animals. Natives became introduced to many things that were not native to the Americas. Natives will be taken and sold into slavery and almost completely wiped out due to European diseases.
A, because that is the basis for the concept of risk pooling.
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The reason for this is that it's influenced by the Gulf Stream ocean current, which originates from the Gulf Of Mexico and is the same stream that allows countries like England to keep mild during the winter by providing warmer air.
Remember that gyres and ocean currents (along with latitude) major contributors to climate.
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