Answer: portraying religious leaders
Explanation: Renaissance artists would portray religious figures such as Jesus and Mary, but used backgrounds in Greece and Rome. They also painted well known people of the day that had individual achievements.
<span>B. They created strong central governments in the lands they conquered.
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The correct answer is - A. Cecil Rhodes and Leopold II traveled into the interior, showing other European leaders that such journeys were advantageous.
Rhodes and Leopold II in a way opened the gates for the European leaders to have the desire and go to the interior of the African continent. It was not just because of the possibility to do so because the African tribes were by far disadvantaged technologically and military compared to the Europeans, but it was the treasures that the continent was offering and how easy was it to get to them and use them for trade and become wealthy. That lead to a major colonization of the continent by the European colonial powers, and they took full advantage of the natural resources Africa had to offer.
They used Maginot Line. The Maginot Line was built to fulfill several purposes: To prevent a German surprise attack. ... To push Germany into an effort to circumvent via Switzerland or Belgium, and allow France to fight the next war off French soil to avoid a repeat of 1914–1918. To be used as a basis for a counter-offensive.