The main cause of Portugal and Spain to begin the Age of
Discovery (Age of Exploration) in XV century
is search for the new trade route to spice-laden East due to fall of Orthodox
Christian Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire. Old trade routes being
shuttered was great damage for Iberian merchants.
Farmers opposed the gold standard because they claimed that it would cause prices for their crops to decline. The correct option among all the options that are given in the question is the last option or option "D". This sytem of gold standard was abandoned by the government during the depression that happened during the years of 1930s.
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The Japanese planned to catch European colonial powers and the United States by surprise by launching a surprise attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The Japanese wanted to catch the US off guard and knock out their naval power so to prevent retaliation. While the attack on Pearl Harbor was indeed a surprise and resulted in a great deal of deaths and damages, the US fleet was not entirely based there and thus the US was able to fight the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II.
