Answer:
C) Agitation is necessary for growth
Explanation:
Edge, but alas it cant be A as he has to act and being shocked wont do anything. It cant be B as the people don't want to negociate. And it can't be D since the tone of the passage doesn't match one of trying to scare his readers. Therefor the answer is C.
It's a small a neutral country, situated between two larger hostile countries, serving to prevent the outbreak of regional conflict.
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Following are the two events that spurred the need to chart new maritime routes:
(i) Europeans developed the economic system of mercantilism and needed reserves of gold and silver.
(ii) The Turks captured Constantinople, closing the path to the Silk Road.
Maritime routes made it easier for the Europeans to trade in Asia and Africa. This was economic and efficient.
Khan's armies may have slaughtered more people than Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler's combined. His military campaigns sometimes involved eliminating an entire civilian population. As many as 40 million people were killed under his rule.