The two primary ways that these technologies have harmed our planet are through pollution and the loss of natural resources. When dangerous or excessive levels of gases like carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitric oxide, and methane are released into the earth's atmosphere, air pollution results.
Tanks could be used to open a hole in enemy lines, but the burnt of the fighting must be done by infantry units. Early tanks for the allies had limited transverse movement for the turret, because their primary purpose was to serve as a gun platform for the infantry units coming behind them.
Black Death was spread mainly through the fleas on rats. Fleas would bite the infected rat, then jump onto humans, biting them and causing them to become infected. Rats were mostly found on ships than running around on land
<u>This portion of the text shows Hobbes supported an absolute ruler:</u>
- <em>Men are continually in competition for honour and dignity . . . and consequently amongst men there ariseth on that ground, envy, and hatred, and finally war. ... No wonder if there be somewhat else required, besides [contract], to make their agreement constant and lasting; which is a common power to keep them in awe and to direct their actions to the common benefit.
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The only way to erect such a common power, as may be able to defend them from the invasion of foreigners, and the injuries of one another . . . is to confer all their power and strength upon one man, or upon one assembly of men, that may reduce all their wills, by plurality of voices, unto one will.</em>
Further detail:
Thomas Hobbes published a famous work called Leviathan in 1651. The title "Leviathan" comes from a biblical word for a great and mighty beast. Hobbes believed government is formed by people for the sake of their personal security and stability in society. In Hobbes' view, once the people put a king (or other leader in power), then that leader needs to have supreme power (like a great and mighty beast). Hobbes' view of the natural state of human beings without a government held that people are too divided and too volatile as individuals -- everyone looking out for his own interests. So for security and stability, authority and the power of the law needs to be in the hands of a powerful ruler like a king or queen. And so people willingly enter a "social contract" in which they live under a government that provides stability and security for society.
<u><em>The Mir Space Station was in orbit for an astonishing 15 years, being the first modular space station public ally known!</em></u>
The Mir Station is no longer in orbit and was destroyed upon forced reentry by the Russians in an attempt to get rid of it, so it is NOT A.
Does the word "Mir" sound American to you? Well I certainly hope not, because it isn't, so it is NOT C.
If it isn't A, and it isn't C, it can't be all of the above, so it is NOT D.
So the answer is B by process of elimination!
