The correct answer is government. Here in the United States, to fill the purpose of government we have things such as the Navy, Air Force and other military branches.
By 1657, Nathaniel Batts had a house at the western end of Albemarle Sound on Salmon Creek. Batts was a fur trader, explorer, and Indian interpreter. He became the first recorded European to settle permanently in North Carolina in 1655.
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First of all the wars between the Ottoman and Safavid Empires were the result of the threat that the Safavids were to the Ottoman Empire and imperialism by both empires. The origins of the war lie with the establishment of the Safavid state. In 1500 Ismail led his Shia warrior sect of Azerbaijan to rebel against the Ak Koyunlu Sultanate.
The correct answer is D, because "their" signifie that they are having "their" conversation, and that they own the conversation. C is incorrect because "there" describes where, B is incorrect because "they" describe who, and A is incorrect because "they are" doesn't grammatically or sensibly fit in, so the answer is D.