B. they represented powerful rulers
According to the information provided by the graph, voter turnout is highest among 18- to 29-year- olds <u>who report their race and ethnicity as white in year 2004.</u>
The graph shows the participation in the elections celebrated in years 2000 and in 2004. Participation is clasified by ethnich groups. In year 2000, the first position for the highest voter turnout was disputated between blacks and whites, as the figure for both groups is pretty similar. In 2004, the highest turnout was registered for white voters.
The voter turnout has increased from 2000 to 2004 for all the ethnicities registered in the graph. Moreover, in 2004 a new label has been registered, for those who report themselves as 'Mixed'.
The correct answer is - The Cyrillic alphabet and Olga's selection of the Byzantine Church.
The Russians saw themselves as Slavic people, so when Kliment and Naum from Ohrid in Macedonia reformed the Glagolic alphabet and turned it to the Cyrillic, and it started to spread around among the Slavic people, it came natural for the Russians to accept it and use it, thus separating them from the countries that were using the Latin alphabet.
Also, Olga's decision to accept the Byzantine Church, instead of the Roman Church, had huge impact on the relations of the Russians with the western part of the continent, thus making them move away from their ideals and perceptions.
The "Great Leap Forward" is the name of the plan started by the Communist government of China that attempted to rapidly industrialize their economy in the late 1950s.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The Great Leap Forward was the social and economic program during 1958 to 1962 of the People's Republic of China's (PRC's) by the Communist Party of China (CPC) counted as second 5 year plan. This initiative was flagged by Mao Zedong as a movement to transform the nation from an agrarian economy to a socialist society by establishing communes of the citizens.
The movement for the faster growth of the industrial and agricultural industries in China must be initiated in parallel. The objective was to eliminate importing heavy machinery by permitting use of the vast supply of cheap workers.The authorities also wanted to escape the social stratification as well as the technological bottlenecks embedded in the Soviet growth model, but found political instead of technical solutions.
