In a way it is, but also it isn't. The definition of Empire is: a group of states or countries under a single supreme authority. America is a group of states, and technically it is under one supreme authority. (The president) But, there is also the branches of government, supreme count, congress, and everything else that makes up America's government. Usually when you think of an empire, it is a country or nation trying to expand or take over. America isn't doing that. I would say technically it is, because it is a group of states under a supreme authority...
Nixon believed they would prepare the South Vietnamese to take responsibility for their own defense against a Communist takeover and allow the U.S. to leave the conflict with its honer intact. He used the domino theory, that once Viet Nam fell to Communism the rest of South East Asia would fall to Communism as well.
Today, as in the past, Sufism is practiced mainly by Muslims. It represents "the main manifestation and the most important and central crystallization of" mystical practice in Islam. Practitioners of Sufism are called "Sufis". Aditionally, Sufism is not a distinct sect like many peole think, but a method of approaching of understanding the religion, which leads people to take the regular practice of the religion to the "supererogatory level" through simultaneously "fulfilling ... [the obligatory] religious duties" according to an Islam Encyclopaedia.
Sufism continued to remain a crucial part of daily Islamic life until the twentieth century, when its historical influence upon Islamic civilization began to be undermined by modernism. While all Muslims believe that they are on the pathway to Allah and hope to become close to God in Paradise, Sufis also believe that it is possible to draw closer to God and to more fully embrace the divine presence in this life.
The answer is B i hope this helps!!!!<span />
How the early settlers met some of their basic needs is by doing crops for feralizer