Why were west africans very willing to trade gold from their mines for salt?

a) food tasted better with seasoning
b) salt was used for fertilizer
c) salt was important in the diet to retain water
d) salt was used in religious ceremonies

In his speech how does kennedy build his claim that the united states will defend freedom in its hour of maximum emergency? a.by arguing that the u.s. must enforce international law across the world since the united states is the lone superpower in the worldb.by demonstrating that the poverty which many people suffer from is an obstacle to true freedom  c.by stating that the u.s. will play an active role in fighting groups that are opposed to freedom, and by supporting groups that are fighting for freedom  d.by demanding that the adversaries of the united states be more willing to negotiate, or else there will be war

Which item best completes the chart?

Read a report of the paris medical faculty from 1348 about the plague. we can say that the main cause of this pestilence was and is the configuration of the heavens. in 1345, at 1: 00 in the afternoon of march 20th, there was a major conjunction of three planets in the constellation of aquarius. this conjunction, along with others like it and the eclipse caused a deadly corruption of the air around us. what is the most likely reason this document would be important to a historian’s study of the black death? a) it shows the importance of astronomy in medicine today. b) it shows how medicine once differed in paris and london. c) it shows how the plague’s cause was interpreted in the past. d) it shows the desperation to find a cause of the black death.