In questions 1–5, match the letters of the terms below with the correct statement.

a. moluccas
b. portuguese
c. vasco de gama
d. triangular trade
e. new netherlands

1. sailed around the cape of good hope to india.
2. the english seized it and renamed it new york.
3. the pattern of trade that connected europe, africa and asia, and the american continents.
4. known to europeans as the spice islands.
5. controlled the spice islands until driven out by the dutch.

i confess that there are several parts of this constitution which i do not at present approve, but i am not sure i shall never approve them: for having lived long, i have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which i once thought right, but found to be otherwise. it is therefore that the older i grow, the more apt i am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others.

answer-the island had airfields that the u.s. military needed.