<span>The U.S. wanted to avoid going around South America and insure less time for U.S. Naval ships to travel and protect U.S. possessions around the world.</span>
Answer:
The merit system, in which bureaucrats are hired and promoted based on their skills rather than their political connections, has enhanced the effectiveness of the bureaucracy.
Explanation:
Your answer will be False, because papyrus is paper, which was back in the early times, and they used papyrus to carry food, but papyrus was not a fruit. According to this text, it says that "The ancient Egyptians used papyrus (which is paper) to make paper, baskets, sandals, mats, rope, blanket, etc." And that is why the answer is false.
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