Answer:
C. They allowed small European armies to defeat larger African and Asian forces when invading territory.
Explanation:
The rise of industrial economies throughout European empires allowed the appearance of new technologies that increased mobility, logistics and destruction power of European armies, which contributed the transformation of such organisations into more compact and professional structures, capable of destroying larger forces, though less modern, in Asia and Africa, making possible the occupation of vast territories for colonisation purposes.
Some millitary inventions are described below:
1) Gatling machine gun (1.861).
2) Steamboats (1.820s).
3) Chemical weapons (1.880s).
4) Repeating rifles (1.870s).
5) Trench warfare (1.860s).
Hence, correct answer is C.
Answer: Napoleon decide to invade Russia in 1812 with an Army of 500,000 men and although he defeated the Russians at the battle of Borodino in 1812
Explanation: he was forced to retreat due to weather, costing him most of his army and marking the beginning of the end.
The correct answers here are the Ottoman Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Both of these empires were on the losing side of the World War One as Austria-Hungary started the World War I and the Ottoman Empire was theirs and Germany's ally. The Ottoman Empire was partitioned after the world by the world powers Russia, France and Great Britain and the Austria-Hungary was dissolved into the Kingdom of Hungary and the First Austrian Republic.
Correct answer: A. vetoing laws passed by Congress.
This is a significant power in the hands of the President. Congressional decision making is affected by the knowledge that in both houses of Congress, a two-thirds majority will be needed to override the President's veto. Historically, Congress has been able to override less than 10% of presidential vetoes. So Congress will seek to make sure they have sufficient votes before proceeding with passage of a bill into law ... unless they want to pass the legislation simply as a statement of principle, knowing they don't have the votes to override a veto.
The answer is b
its the closest
