Select all of the following that are not true. A. Sir Francis Drake was an English pirate.
B. Spain was the first country to search for a sea route to the Asia.
C. Spices were used to preserve food.
D. Vasco da Gama sailed for Spain.

To encourage railroad companies to build railroads across the west, the government gave them subsidies by select the best answer from the choices provided. a. paying the wages of laborers b. giving them building materials c. providing railroad trains d. providing free land