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which american foreign policy during the cold war is most closely influenced by the above image?

The correct answer is Containment.

Containment, also called global containment, was a foreign policy adopted by the United States towards the Soviet Union during the first years of the Cold War. The goal of this policy was to defeat the Soviet Union by avoiding the expansion of Communism and the Soviet influence over other countries and regimes.

In the image, we can see one of the main postulates of this policy, which states the domino effect theory, according to which allowing a regional state to start a revolutionary process towards socialism would eventually make the entire region fall into Communism. This domino effect process is what happened in Asia after the Chinese Communist Revolution in 1949, which was followed by the emergence of Communism in Korea, Vietnam, and Laos during the 50s, threatening entire South-East Asia and, therefore, almost all of Asia.

the correct answer is "c: merchants" and "e. soldiers".

the song dynasty was known as the first government in the world to introduce paper currency. it was also the first chinese government which established a permanent standing navy. finally, the first compass was introduced during this period of government.

all of these innovations heavily affected commerce in a positive way. printed money dynamize commerce within the borders of the empire due to an easier way to quantify value during the trade. the introduction of the compass trade routes to be faster. finally, the introduction of a standing navy regulate trade routes.

regarding military affairs, gunpowder was created during this period. this was a tremendous improvement that was widely utilized by the military in order to innovate in the manufacturing of weapons.