What was a result of improvements in navigation and shipbuilding in Europe during the 1400s and 1500s? A. European rulers were better able to compete for wealth and power around the world.
B. European nations fought wars against each other in newly discovered areas
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C. European rulers relied on church leaders to guide their actions.
D. European nations welcomed people from other countries who could now travel further

A. European rulers were better able to compete for wealth and power around the world.

Explanation:

Improvements in navigation and shipbuilding allowed European sailors to travel faster, and "discover" many new geographical areas, where European nations would establish colonies to extract wealth and engage in trade.

The first European country to do so was Portugal, followed by Spain. These two countries colonized vast areas of the world, from the coasts of Africa to the Americas, and Asia.

A century later, France, Great Britain and the Netherlands would join the colonial adventure, competing amongst them for wealth and power around the world.

this is not a question its simply asking you to read and write a few sentences and   the question on the bottom its fairly easy, you can do this!

answer: the time zones used to be whatever the local authority wanted them to be. one town might have 6am whenever the sun came up and another town had 6am 10 minutes later.  

the trains had a hard time when their orders said to be at a certain point at 6am.  

6am, but who's 6am.  

the railroads got together and set the time zones more or less along the longitude lines across the country.

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