Answer:
Executive branch: Enforces laws
Legislative branch: Makes the laws
Judicial branch: Interprets the laws
Answer: Asia
The rivalry between Spain and Portugal in the "Age of Discovery" caused Spain, a rising power, to seek a new route to Asia like the one Portugal had found around the southern tip of Africa. This led Spain to be receptive to the claims of Christopher Columbus that he could get to India by sailing west.
The answer is D) Mothers' Pensions