Well, strictly speaking none of the options are correct.
This is a metaphor, and a metaphor for a country. It was originally applied in 1830s-1850s (within this period, we are not sure when) to what is today Turkey, but was known as the Ottoman Empire back then - so the answer is B.
recently it was used for Greece, too.
Wyoming was the first state for woman to receive full stuffrage
The best known piece composed by Ravel is Boléro. At the time of the composition, (1928) Joseph Maurice Ravel was considered as France´s most imortant living composer. Ravel was one of the first composers to use recordings to take their work to a greater public.
No, unless you register to vote in New York.