Which option best completes the diagram? the cold war is the major u. s. foreign policy priority terrorism becomes a major concern of u. s. foreign policy. a. the second iraq war begins. b. the september 11 terrorist attacks occur. c. terrorists attack the 1972 summer olympics. o d. the soviet union collapses.

The correct answer is B) the September 11 attacks.

The option that best completes the diagram is "the September 11 attacks."

The diagram starts with "The Cold War is the major U.S. foreign policy priority." Then follows with "Terrorism becomes a major concern of U.S. foreign policy." and end up with "the September 11 attacks."

After the  Cold War years, the United States Foreign policy has focused on terrorism. After the bomb in Oklahoma City that killed 168 in the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (April 19, 1995), the US government started the fight against terrorism. But it was not until the 9/11 attacks in 2001, that President George W. Bush created the Homeland Security Department to protect the country against terrorist attacks.

the industrial development of cities in the ruhr area in the nineteenth century is described. the research was based on english and german language sources. several factors that shaped growth and paths of the cities were categorized and analyzed. they are locations, resources, traditions, entrepreneurs, and technological developments. locations and resources were the most important among them; other factors may be regarded as consequences from locations and resources. among the cities, bochum, essen, gelsenkirchen, and dortmund had the richest resources and most favorable locations in the transportation network and grew to be the largest cities in the ruhr area near the end of the nineteenth century. riverside location was also a favorable factor for the development, as shown in the development of duisburg on the confluence of rhine and ruhr. resource distribution can explain the rise of textile industry, metallurgical industry, and coal and iron industries, and the northward progression of the mining industry. tradition was an important factor for cities such as krefeld, barmen, elberfeld, solingen, and remscheid, which experienced development based on their traditions through the nineteenth century. various entrepreneurs exerted influences within and beyond the local level over the ruhr area. technological development stimulated the northward progression of the mining industry and the deep connection between the coal and the iron industries.