Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania cannot really trust Russia (the leader of the Commonwealth of Independent States) as Russia forcibly made those states part of the Soviet Union and and did allow for democracy there. That's why they don't want to be part of CIS. They can afford not to be due to their location in Europe, next to western Europe, so then can claim help from western Europe in case of Russian Invasion (unlike Kazakhstan for example).
Answer:
C. She passed laws restricting the ability of non-native Hawaiians to own property or vote in
Hawaiian elections.
Explanation:
Since majority of the sugar plantation owners happened to be non-Hawaiians, they saw it as an avenue where by their investments and property in the plantation could be lost since they are not citizens.
This created panic among them leading to their plotting on overthrowing Queen Liliuokalani.
Claim the land for Spain, enslave the Indians then take their resources
The answer is a.) True.
Japan is an island country made up of several other islands.