I believe that the answer is A for 1, and 2 being B.
Answer:
The Middle East requires water resources and suitable land for agriculture. Much of the land that is available for producing food is destroyed by increasing desertification. Desertification is a sweeping environmental problem, with vast effects in countries such as Syria, Jordan, Iraq, and Iran.
Explanation:
Answer:
GDP declines, and unemployment rates rise because companies lay off workers to reduce costs. At the microeconomic level, firms experience declining margins during a recession. When revenue, whether from sales or investment, declines, firms look to cut their least-efficient activities.
Answer:
D.
Explanation:
The given text is taken from John Winthrop's letter to Sir Nathaniel in 1634. In his letter he described about the rising conflict with the Natives. He described about the deaths inccurred on the Natives because of epidemic of small pox.
Through this letter we can infer that the colonist's attiude towards the Natives was that they felt that had a calling to reach out to the Natives and preach Christianity to them.
This claim is evident in the last line of the letter in which Winthrop writes that the <em>'Lord has cleared their title.'</em>
So, the correct answer is option D.