The Japanese empire was territorialy expanding into China. It's longterm goal was to colonize and eradicate the ethnic Chinese. The invasion of Manchuria is what many consider the signal start of ww2
The Truman Doctrine was the event that triggered off the Cold War.
Explanation: Both parties were mutually hostile and did not believe in a possible peaceful coexistence anymore. The Americans and Soviets’ hostility to each other as well as the belief that they could no longer cooperate after the start of the Cold War resulted in the Berlin Blockade. Thus, I can conclude that the Truman Doctrine marked the start of the Cold War.
b.) The diverse geography of the colonies encouraged different economic pursuits.
The British colonies contained diverse geography from rocky coast line, forests, hot and humid areas, swamp lands, and good soiled farm land.
The diversity of geography created differing economies for the Thirteen Colonies. New England focused on shipbuilding, lumber, fishing, whaling, manufacturing, trade, and small farming. The Middle Colonies were best for farming for food production. These colonies established farms for what, rye, corn, vegetable, and animal farming. The Southern Colonies were the harshest of environments being hot and humid with swampy land. However, the geography proved perfect for tobacco, rice, sugar, and eventually cotton. The Southern Colonies focused on plantation farming of cash crops and would demand large amounts of labor. The need for labor would be filled by a system of slavery.
Had to look for the options and here is my answer. The practice that was contributed by Eastern religions to American life is YOGA AND MEDITATION. Based on the listed practices, this is the only one that has an Eastern origin and the rest are from the west. Hope this helps.
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The war pitted the Central Powers—mainly Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey—against the Allies—mainly France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, and, from 1917, the United States. It ended with the defeat of the Central Powers.
