The correct answer should be <span>A. took colonies for themselves in other parts of the globe
They started growing even more which caused them to be afraid of each other and they needed resources from the colonies to militarize themselves. They didn't go to war but war came to them because of this but this was later, in 1914. They didn't promote growth of smaller countries but wanted to colonize them.</span>
During The Black Death millions of people died from the Great plague ( in England).
The correct answer is: "remained Communist".
Cuba has been a socialist state governed by the unique Communist Party since the sucess of the revolution leaded by Fidel Castro in 1959, which managed to remove the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista.
After the collapse of the USSR (1991), Cuba lost its most powerful ally, that had helped them to survive after the trade embargo and the international sanctions that the US had set on Cuba. Therefore, the country experienced very severe economic consequences at this moment but this did not change the government or the economic system.