Unhealthy is the correct answer
Because the Scientific Revolution and the Reformation Era had not happened yet and people blindly followed the church's teachings.
Answer;
D. the United States suffering no war damage and having a strong economy
Explanation;
-The industrial revolution really caught the US up in the global scheme of things, but it was WWII that put the US (and the Soviet Union) in the forefront as leaders of the world.
-After the war,the US economy was really boosted, while Europe's was practically in shambles. Also, because the US helped Europe significantly in both world wars, it received kind of a morale/self-esteem boost of sorts. Moreover, because the country wasn't physically involved in the war, it didn't have to deal with repairing its land.
Checks and balances is a system were the goverment checks the other two braches of goverment, and balance them out. so if the execuative branch gets to much power, the judicial and legislative branches bump down the power of it.
Answer to 11 is A... I believe