Companies agreed not to compete, so they all made more money.
More small companies tried to supply raw materials to large companies.
Suppliers could not produce enough to serve horizontally integrated companies.
The correct answer is: Fewer independently owned companies existed to compete.
False
Which European explorer attempted to circumnavigate the world, leaving from Spain in 1519, but was killed in the midst of his journey, leaving his crew members to complete his goal?
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Henry Hudson
Vasco da Gama
Answer:
True
Ferdinand Magellan
Explanation:
This statement is true as it describes many of the reasons why Europeans were willing to explore the unknown. The first settlers in America were driven by a desire to improve their economic prospects, a desire to practice their religion freely or a desire to bring glory to their nation.
Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who organized the Spanish expedition that resulted in the first circumnavigation of the Earth, from 1519 to 1522. Magellan was unable to complete this journey, as he was killed in the Philippines in 1521.
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