The Answer is B)<span>By instituting Keynesian economic principles, these countries were able to reduce spending and save money.
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1. lived in China for twenty years--Marco Polo
2. searched for the Fountain of Youth--Ponce de Leon
3. first to explore the St. Lawrence River--Cartier
4. began the first permanent French settlement--Champlain
5. explored the Mississippi with Marquette--Joliet
6. followed the Mississippi to the Gulf--La Salle
7. first to round the Cape of Good Hope--Dias
8. discovered the Mississippi River--De Soto
These questions highlight the period of exploration occurring in the 15th-16th century. Marco Polo was the inspiration for the period because he introduced Asian productions to Europeans. Exploration had the goal of finding a direct route to Asia. Exploration eventually led Europeans to the Americas where explorers would take the risk to discover the geography and resources of the new land.
The Communists pulled the Red Army outta WWI. . .but thats one thing
Until 1921, the Russian economy was completely mutilated and destroyed by war communism. Socialism did not start in good light, so Lenin became worried about the overall state of the economy. the war of communism that lasted from 1918 to 1921 brought the economy to a complete collapse. In March 1921, the Kronshtadt Rebellion happened, which convinced Lenin that changes in the economy should be made. Thus, in 1922. he revised economic policy and introduced the so-called new economic policy (NEP). The peasants were allowed to sell part of their property for profit, and traders were allowed to engage in business. He was thinking that it would last for decades, but only seven years later in 1928. Lenin's successor, Stalin, centralized the economy and again nationalized a huge part of the economy.
