Answer: k
Pike and his party faced many hardships: hostile tribes, bewildering canyons, sub-zero temperatures, and near-starvation. Looking to get their bearings in Colorado, they attempted, unsuccessfully, to summit the mountain now known as Pike's Peak.
<em>Basically the text is explaining that the way Americans level of skill made them unequaled to the rest of the world (mind, that is not a fact because there was a large share of well-working people in the world in this time) . Also it explains that American brain and ability to construct (why is this entire article just bragging about Americans being so much better when that's not 100% true?) was one of the most economic boosting things and they were very productive for that timeframe.</em>
<em>That's my best understanding of the article. (Scholastic really likes to brag about Americans, huh?)</em>
<em>-Northstar</em>
To improve development of a market economy.
This was the beginning of Hitler's ethnic cleansing, it also tested the waters for the bigger forced deportation that was to take place later. Other Jews were alarmed and even angered but this was momentary. They became complacent as they felt this deportation had little to do with themselfs.
The answer is B. Europeans wanted a easier way to reach colonies they had in Asia.
