Divorce rates is not used to measure a country’s standard of living.
Option C
Explanation:
"Standard of living" is a measure of quality of life by the members of a geopolitical zone. Standard of living cannot be measured by non materialistic things such as relationship, freedom, satisfaction and relationships. Divorce is not a standard of living because its one of the factors of non materialistic things, its a state of freedom for man, it leads to satisfaction and it leads to divorce from a state of a relationship which both parties have decided to put an end to.
The correct answer is ships and boats. Since all the settlements were built along the river and it’s canals the goods and people were transported easily through riverways. The winds blow up and down the river through the year enabling ships to sail both ways.
There are of course exceptions to this rule - a pentagonal County Route marker isn't (typically) a greater threat than a standard square route marker, and even though they have only 3 sides, the YIELD and No Passing Zone signs are still rather important (and the pennant shape of the NPZ sign serves as a sort of "get ...
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