The term “carpetbaggers” refers to Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War, during Reconstruction. Many carpetbaggers were said to have moved South for their own financial and political gains.
Assuming the underlined word is 'singing,' the correct answer is going to be A. participle.
A participle and a gerund look the same - they both end in -ing. However, participles are used as adjectives (as is the case here), whereas gerunds are used as nouns. Infinitives always have the same form, which is TO + verb.
Buddhist monks made their way through silk road in first century CE and thereby Buddhism got spread across China and other parts of Asia.
Explanation:
After having its roots in China, Buddhism expanded to Central Asia, Korea and Japan. This form of Buddhism later got spread in East Asia which was known as Mahayana and then the same culture started to expand and flourish in Tibet and Nepal in the name of Vajrayana.
These countries adopted various traditions and cultures which significantly varied on the basis of Buddhist teachings and scriptures. Burma, Myanmar and SriLanka also absorbed the teachings of Buddhism and many Buddhist monks formed monasteries and began to spread the teachings of Buddha around the world.
<span>A lot of money $185,533,637,000 which is $3,900,473,000,000 today. 3 trillion 900 billion 473 million dollars, making tanks! (just a fun guess, noody recorded the costs)</span>