Lateen sails, round-hulled ships, and navigation compasses had the biggest impact on
a) the end of the silk roads.
b) the end of the qing dynasty in china.
c) the beginning of new world colonization.
d) the beginning of european trade with asia.

Lateen sails, round-hulled ships, and navigation compasses had the biggest impact on "the beginning of New World colonization," since without this innovations it would have been far more dangerous and time-consuming to sail across the Atlantic. 

Towns and small farms are usually for land, lakes, rivers, and seas.they also produce other food, like crops.it's also where animals are, where we get our meat.large plantations normally have forests, where crops are grown for sale. (similar to farms)plantations have larger fields of crops.our wine, sugar canes, and fruits come from plantations.