As far as I am concerned Gao was not one of the Songhay Empire's major ones but I bet two answers should be acceptable in this question. I also think that you can include the third option from the scale represented above because <span>Algiers were quite far away on north so they couldn't be the part of the Songhay. </span>
Answer:
Absolutly nothing he needs to get voted out.
Explanation:
There were several major factors that led to stalemate in the trenches, but the best options from the list are "Defensive weapons were better than offensive ones.
<span>and Trenches were designed for defense."</span>