European rulers from the countries of Portugal, Spain, France, England, and the Netherlands wanted to increase their power by trading silks and spices found in Asia.
1) Tigris and Euphrates river valley is where the Mesopotamia civilization began. Mesopotamia means "between the rivers". It was a Sumerian-Babylonian civilization.
2) Nile river valley was home to agricultural settlers in 5500 BCE. and its Egypt civilization started to grow around 3100 BCE.
3) Indus river valley. Civilization arose in 2600 BCE but fell due to its environment. Currently identified as Pakistan and India.
4) Yellow River valley in China. Civilization emerged in 1700 BCE and was known as the Huang-He River Civilization.
A state government, practice, or advocacy of extending power and dominion.
The idea has been used since 1760 by European countries.
The correct answer is D) the United States.
The Cuban Revolution in the 1950s led to the end of the trade relationship between Cuba and the United States.
It was a time in modern history in which revolutionary leader Fidel Castro won the war and became the new ruler of the Island of Cuba. At this very moment, Castro instilled a new form of Government: Communism. Of course, he received the support of the Soviet Union to become the new ruler of Cuba.
This action infuriated the United States and one of the first actions taken was to end the trade relationship with Cuba.
Those were the tense Cold War years in which the United States and the Soviet Union competed in the arms race, the space race, and the spread/containment of Communism around the world.
The French ship called Isere was the one who carried the Statue of Liberty across the Atlantic and reached the United States of America on June 17, 1885. It was dedicated triumphantly in the Upper New York Bay with a celebration lead by President Grover Cleveland.