Which of the following is an effect of Portugal developing the caravel?
A. Portugal became Europe’s first maritime empire.
B. The trade of enslaved Africans decreased.
C. The Roman Catholic Church eradicated Islam from the Iberian peninsula
D. Portugal took control of the Silk Road.
A. Portugal became Europe’s first maritime empire.
Which of these statements best summarizes the status of common farmers during different eras of history?
A. Common farmers were mostly enslaved laborers who worked on property owned by wealthy landowners.
B. Common farmers did the hardest agricultural work but received little of the economic profits.
C. Common farmers generally became wealthy as they developed and controlled new methods of agriculture.
D. Common farmers increased their personal ownership of land as new advances in agriculture took place.