The Decline of Spain Demonstrates All the Following Except

Multiple Choice

The decline of Spain demonstrates all the following except

A) the power of an empire required a vital economic base.
B) in the early modern period, only areas with a significant, aggressive mercantile class prospered.
C) ideally, the landed elite and the commercial elite should merge.
D) that a country had to be Protestant to be great.
E) wealth needs to be invested wisely.