<span>The Cold War was conflict between two ideologies: Democracy
versus Communism. When World War II
ended, there was now a power struggle between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. Both built alliances with other countries in
a bit to support their ideals. They
provided their allies with financial and military support to ensure that their
interests were protected. Many countries
were devastated during this period and it was only during the dismantling of
the Communist regime did the Cold War come to an end.</span>
Marco Polo traveled during the middle ages (AP period 3), for this the communication technology was not very advanced and Western Europe didn't really know the situation of East Asia and vice versa. When Marco Polo explained his travels to the Europeans of the greatness of China many Europeans decided to go and see for themselves if this greatness was indeed true. When the Europeans arrived in China they were very impressed and a new promotion of travel to China emerged, INCREASING China's economy.
Continued into the 2010s duhhh
Answer:
D).It protected commercial areas in the South.
