Real GDP Per Person Averaged $150 a Year (In 2009

Real GDP per person averaged $150 a year (in 2009 dollars) from 1,000,000 BC until 1620.During this time there was a period when it rose to ________ around ________ because ________.

A) $210;1492;Columbus sailed to the Americas
B) $140;400 BC;the Roman Empire collapsed
C) a 1-million year high;the 1340s;the Black Death gripped Europe
D) $190;500 BC;of the gains from human capital while Aristotle and Plato were teaching in Athens
E) $210;1620;the Pilgrim Fathers began to arrive in the Americas