C is not true the capital of the Songhai was Gao not Cairo.
Gao was located on the Niger River.
It is now a city in Mali the African nation.
I would say (b).
I would say this because both canals aloud for a shorter shipping route between major oceans. A perfect example of this would be the atantic and pacific instead of going around south america they could cut through the middle
The answer is C, the War of 1812 (the others occurred before his term)
Answer:
the Japanese were torn between German urgings to join the war against the Soviets and their natural inclination to seek richer prizes from the European colonial territories to the south.