Answer:navigator Jacques Cartier
Explanation:French navigator Jacques Cartier becomes the first European explorer to discover the St. Lawrence River in present-day Quebec, Canada. In 1534, Cartier was commissioned by King Francis I of France to explore the northern American lands in search of riches and the rumored Northwest Passage to Asia.
C) Slaves
Slavery grew due to the rise in demand of cotton.
The main way in which geography affected the lives of those living in West Africa was that its location on the west coast of Africa led it to be a prominent place where slaves were shipped to the Caribbean--meaning that those who lived there were more likely to be captured and sold as slaves.
"(2) Mali would have flourished without Mansa Musa’s influence" is an opinion rather than a fact since there is no way of proving that this would have happened.
