The answer is C.
As a science website says, "Scientists think they know why the Ancestral Puebloans disappeared. The primary culprit, studies suggest, was a megadrought that would have made it impossible to grow enough food to feed the tens of thousands of people living in the region."
If you didn't know, drought represents the lack of rain.
The colonization that was performed by Japan and the European countries had multiple similarities. Both initially developed their industries and made them strong, and only after that started to colonize. The main reasons for the colonization of Africa by the Europeans and by Japan of Asia were to get lot of natural resources and raw materials, while also opening up new markets for their products. Both modernized their armies, made them strong, well trained, and large, so that they can easily conquer the desired territories. Another similarity was that both were very cruel toward the native population, killing, torturing, forcing them to work etc.
The enlightenment sparked ideas of natural rights and freedoms, when the British government had colonized the americas, there were no rights granted. The people educated in the enlightenment know thinkers like John Locke with his idea that everyone is born with rights, and resize they are not receiving these.
The correct answer is <u>B. Pericles</u>. Pericles is by far considered one of the major forefathers of direct democracy. Pericles introduced the concept of using the power of people in the court. Since all citizens felt that their decisions had a direct influence on the actions taken by the representatives, this type of government turned out to be very successful.
It stretches along a long coastline