<span>The main way in which Marco Polo helped European ideas about China develop was that he wrote many books and accounts of his travels to the East, and also brought back many artifacts for Europeans to observe. </span>
In what became Canada, Great Britain conquered the French who had the colony of Canada before their defeat in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. In what became the eastern part of the US, Britain promoted the emigration of people from the British Isles to the new 13 colonies and began trade with them and so forged economic ties with them which eventually became very unfair to the American colonies. In Canada, furs were bought from the First Nations people at a low price and sold in Britain and Europe.
The correct answer is the first one. The president's advisors should have verified that information, which was a rumor, after all, and it should not have been believed - by either the president or the advisors - blindly, particularly because they were willing to declare war to that Middle East nation.
For Question 3, your answer should be D.
Many European powers divided their territories based on resources instead of tribes, which caused tribes that were hostile with each other to be placed under the same rule. This led to conflicts between Native African tribes as they were natural enemies who fought for the same resources and land.
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