Is william of rubruck describing a traditional mongol society or one that has adopted foreign customs? explain your response in three to five sentences, identifying specific evidence from your reading to support your view.

He seventeenth amendment to the us constitution calls for the direct election of all us senators. this means that the people of each state get to vote to decide who will be their two us senators. before this, the legislatures of each state chose the two us senators from that state with no direct involvement of the average voter. why would this amendment be considered a reform? how would it benefit the people? even today some people claim that the seventeenth amendment was a bad idea. what arguments could be made for reverting selection of us senators back to the state legislatures?

Write two paragraphs to explain how the cold war changed after the 1960s. first, identify the ways it changed during leonid brezhnev's leadership in the 1970s. then, explain how the cold war changed when ronald reagan was in office in the early 1980s. include supporting facts and details from the text in your response.

Why do you think the nazis gave ration cards out to jews in the ghetto?