"<span>B. The Germans were refused membership in the newly minted United Nations because of their atrocious crimes during the war" is the best answer from the list. </span>
The silk road is an ancient overland trade route that connects China with Europe.
1] Isolationism - a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
Intervention - the action or process of intervening.
Imperialism - a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force
2] Building the Panama Canal, 1903 - 1914. President Theodore Roosevelt oversaw the realization of a long term US goal - a trans-isthmian canal. Throughout the 1800s, American and British leaders and businessmen wanted to ship goods quickly and cheaply between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
Many of our scientific ideas come from Ancient Greece :)