The main way in which a cataract can serve as a natural protective barrier is by reducing the amount of UV radiation that enters the eye from sunlight, which is also why it can lead to blindness, however.
King Henry VIII had Thomas More beheaded because Thomas More had refused to recognize the king as the head of the Church of England. Beheading was a common form of execution in those days. The correct answer is D.
The number one Middle Eastern ally to the US during Operation Desert Storm, or the Persian Gulf War, was Kuwait. Despite its small size, Kuwait provided an immense portion of the oil in the U.S. In return, the U.S. fought for Kuwait when it was invaded and annexed by Iraq.
Black codes prevented african americans from getting certain jobs.
They did it by introducing social policies and acts to stop monopolies. Not only did they limit the power of companies to prevent them from taking land from people or cheating them when making deals, they also implemented policies that made working conditions safer and increased the basic wages and helped unions as opposed to helping the companies.