Portugal sought a sea route to asia in the 1400s because
a. spain controlled all the riches in present-day mexico and south america.
b. coronado had returned to portugal with gold discovered in the seven cities of cíbola.
c. venice monopolized asian trade on the silk road and the mediterranean sea.
d. the treaty of tordesillas gave portugal rights to all of asia.

1. which of the following best explains why president roosevelt proposed his 1937 “court-packing” plan? a. he argued that more juries were necessary to hear challenges to the new deal. b. he wanted to add to the supreme court more justices who supported the new deal. c. he argued that the supreme court lacked the authority to overturn new deal programs. 2. the federal deposit insurance corporation (fdic) was created primarily to address which problem? think of where deposits are made. a. the widespread bank failures that resulted from bank runs b. the freezing of credit that resulted from high unemployment c. the increase in personal debt that resulted from rising food prices