Read the passage and study the image from "Sugar Changed The World."
The plants that Columbus brought with him to the island he called Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic) flourished. Soon there were sugar plantations all over the island, and a kind of "white gold" rush began. More and more Europeans saw growing sugar in the New World with slave labor as the road to vast wealth. Sugar planting boomed first on Hispaniola.
This map shows the location of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Which statement best explains how the map supports the text?
A. The map shows Hispaniola, an unsuccessful settlement.
B. The map shows Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
C. The map shows Hispaniola, where Columbus brought sugar cane.
D. The map shows large areas of land and bodies of water.