In October 1962, an American U-2 spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union on the island of Cuba. President Kennedy did not want the Soviet Union and Cuba to know that he had discovered the missiles. He met in secret with his advisors for several days to discuss the problem.
D<span>emocracy makes rulers accountable to the people they rule by ensuring that the people can decide who gets voted into a particular office--and therefore who makes decisions regarding the country or state. Voters can then vote these representatives out of office if they so choose. </span>
Rivers help geographer to understand how civilizations developed in several main ways.
1. If there is a river near an old civilization, you know where the civilization got their water from.
2. The civilization could have used the river for exporting and importing goods.
3. The civilization could have gone extinct or failed because of the river flooding.
