<span>Assuming that this is referring to the same list of options that was posted before with this question, <span>the correct response would be "elderly voters," since these are the people most likely to vote (far more so than young voters). </span></span>
A weak central government with most power at the state and local levels.
In the present world economy, a population well educated with a college education is necessary to technological growth and economic development of the country. Since we can correlate a higher standard of living, i.e. better wages and living conditions, to a more rich and diverse economy that needs a good education for technological development, the correct answer is B.
The first and third statements are not logical. Education doesn't eliminate the need for trade; peoples need to trade to get what they don't have or don't produce -- education can at most reduce need of trade. As for trusting the government, in reality, more educated people are usually better prepared to criticize the government.
The fourth statement doesn't fit every reality. Most of the time national governments improve education to produce industrialized goods, not agricultural ones.
The Assyrians dependence on military strength was a bad idea. Since they attacked so many nations, they gained a lot of enemies. So when their military was declining, they received attacks from multiple enemies. Plus they didn't have anything to fall back to once their military shrunk.
A
They had to balance a slave state with a free state because if there were more slave states or free states, the votes from the side with more states would be unfair.