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While Spartans valued military strength, Athenians placed a higher value on education and culture. Their main goal was building a democracy. Athenians believed that the only way to build a strong democracy was to create well informed citizens. Boys were educated.
Explanation:
African Americans couldn't vote, despite the 14th amendment.
The correct answer is b - China and the Soviet Union.
In the Pacific arena, the Japanese invasion of China and numerous European colonies in South East Asia led to mass slaughters, outbreaks of disease and continued guerrilla warfare. China lost a total of 10 million people, 75% civilians.
During Germany' s invasion of the Soviet Union in operation Barbarossa, it is estimated that a total of 20 million Russians died, half of whom were civilian. The Red Army later pushed the Germans back to Berlin.