The best option from the list would be that "<span>d. Both sought to preserve Chinese tradition and culture from outside influences like Christianity and Japanese Buddhism by erecting barriers to cultural interactions with the west and the east," since they were more focussed on the preservation of tradition and culture. </span>
While there was much buildup pre-World War I, it is commonly understood that the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914 in Sarajevo pushed the world to war as a result of a complex web of treaties and diplomatic obligations that quickly were triggered and resulted in sides being chosen.
The correct answer is <span>b methodically purging potential rivals
In these purges millions of people died. Many of them would just disappear over night while other would be sent to Siberia into Gulags or to work until they die in mines and similar projects. He would even remove them from history by removing them from pictures and destroying everything they ever had or wrote or built.</span>
