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<em>Silk road is the major and pioneer land route in Asian continent which connects from Extreme East and West of Asia.
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Silk road initially started for the silk products, it extended from Eastern China to Persian countries. Chinese are initially travelled along the land route via South East Asia and Eastern side direction. Recent, Belt and Road Initiative project by China is inspired by the Silk road ideology. It developed the new crops agriculture practices and developed the market for silk related products in China. Then they spreaded the ideologies via trade is considered one of the major socio-cultural practices performed by China.
The answer is B) A series of actions by the Catholic Church intended to spread and defend the Catholic faith.
The counter-reformation was in response to the Protestant reformation, so the first answer is out of the question.
Martin Luthers own actions sparked the Protestant reformation, and as mentioned prior - it was a response to the Protestant reformation (however, during this time they did solidify the power of the pope).
Answer:
by appointing leaders
Explanation:
The United States of America started out as 13 original colonies. These colonies belonged to the British Empire and were founded during the 17th and 18th centuries.
By the 1700s, the British government controlled its colonies under mercantilism, a system that regulated the balance of trade in favor of Britain. Over time, colonists became frustrated with this unfair economic system and with Britain's administration of taxation of the colonies without any accompanying representation in Britain.
The governments of the colonies were formed in different manners and with various structures. Each colony was set up in a way such that by the mid-1700s, they had a strong capacity for self-government and held local elections. Some early colonial governments foreshadowed elements that would be found in the U.S. government after independence.
The correct answer is the Democratic Party.
The Democrats began to lose the Senate when the Southern Democrats switched over as a result of Civil Rights legislation and become Republicans.