When a company controls an entire industry or a specific area of the economy it has a monopoly. Democratic governments tend to break up monopolies as they can be unhealthy for their economies. Monopolies can stifle innovation and competition.
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Explanation:
The effect that the collapse of the Western Roman Empire had on Western Europe was that Former Roman lands were divided into several Germanic kingdoms. Odoacer, the Germanic leader overthrew Romulus -the last Roman Emperor- in 476 CE. The Barbarians tribes such as the Goths had invaded many parts of the Western empire.
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St. Helena in the South Atlantic
Explanation:
The young astronomer gave up his studies in 1676 and sailed to St. Helena in the South Atlantic where he catalogued 341 stars in the Southern Hemisphere and discovered a star cluster in Centaurus.
The question is kind of tricky. D-Day was the code word for the Allied invasion of France, so D is definitely a possible answer. But the PURPOSE of that invasion was in part to defend Britain, which at the time was being threatened by Nazi air attacks and by a possible Nazi invasion. So A is possible as well.
The overthrow of Mussolini was certainly a factor in the Allied strategy, but the invasion of Italy, not France, was how that task was accomplished. So C is out.
There's competing evidence over how much the Allies knew about Auschwitz by the time of D-Day. Either way, the immediate purpose of D-Day was not to free the Jews from Auschwitz, though that was an ultimate result of D-Day. So B is out.
Since the question is asking the PURPOSE of D-Day, I think A is the best answer. D is more of a description of what D-Day WAS rather than an explanation of its PURPOSE.
Answer: Anti-Foreigner sentiment in China led to Boxer Rebellion.
