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During the Cuban Missile Crisis, leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shores. In a TV address on October 22, 1962, President John Kennedy (1917-63) notified Americans about the presence of the missiles, explained his decision to enact a naval blockade around Cuba and made it clear the U.S. was prepared to use military force if necessary to neutralize this perceived threat to national security. Following this news, many people feared the world was on the brink of nuclear war. However, disaster was avoided when the U.S. agreed to Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev’s (1894-1971) offer to remove the Cuban missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba. Kennedy also secretly agreed to remove U.S. missiles from Turkey.
Common Sense was a book written about why the colonies should break away from Great Britain's rule. It became popular because many American colonists believed that they would be better off as an independent country.
The correct answer is D. They allowed industrial goods to be easily shipped to foreign markets.
Explanation
The Panama Canal is an 82km long navigation route that connects the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean, crossing the entire country of Panama; The Suez Canal is a 163 km long waterway that connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea. These two waterways are artificial and were built to contribute to international trade because they shortened the distances that had to be traveled. For example, before the construction of the Panama Canal, South America had to be surrounded (it shortened the road between America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania) and in the case of the Suez Canal, the continent of Africa had to be surrounded (it shortened the road between Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania). The construction of these two roads allowed the growth of international industrialization because they allowed industrial products to be easily shipped to the foreign market. So the correct answer is D.
