B. Neither women nor slaves were encouraged to pursue an education.
The answer is D, having to fight a two-front war.
The Schlieffen plan was the German strategy to quickly take out France so that they could focus all their troops on Russia.
A suicidal action in order to harm the enemy. Kamikaze soldiers are prepared to give up their lives for their cause, often due to a belief that they will be honored in the afterlife because of it.
Increasing contact between people led to many exchanges of goods, technology, and ideas. Here are some examples of how cultural exchanges affected people. In Asia, contact with Europeans led to the spread of the Christian religion. European missionaries made converts in India, China, Japan, the East Indies, and the Philippines. In Indonesia, Islam also spread as Muslims competed with the Portuguese for control of trade. At various times, both China and Japan resisted the influence of foreign traders and missionaries. As a result, Europeans had a limited impact on these countries during this period.
