Use the Information Below to Answer the Following Questions

Use the information below to answer the following questions.
Fact 22.2.1
China was the largest economy for centuries because everyone had the same type of economy-subsistence-and so the country with the most people would be economically biggest. Then the Industrial Revolution sent the West on a more prosperous path. Now the world is returning to a common economy, this time technology- and information-based, so once again population triumphs.
-Consider Fact 22.2.1. China's was the world's largest economy until 1890 because

A) people in all countries had approximately the same subsistence level of income.
B) the Industrial Revolution gave the greatest growth to the countries with the largest populations.
C) it was the country with the largest land mass.
D) it was a large exporter of goods and services.
E) it had a diverse climate.