Which of the following best describes cyrus the great? select the three correct answers.
a. he allowed the people he conquered to keep their customs and religions.
b. he captured babylon and freed the jewish people to return to judah.
c. he defeated cambyses ii in battle and conquered the persian empire.
d. he used trenches to drain a river so his troops could attack a city.
e. he was defeated in battle by croesus the king of lydia, and fled from lonia.

1.the population change is near or at replacement level.

4. the birth and death rates are balanced.

6. sweden is most likely a developed country.

it was the "4. potsdam" conference that demanded the unconditional surrender of japan, since it was clear that the japanese would continue to find until the very last man otherwise.

superior technology and improved medical knowledge to foster imperialism. quinine enabled europeans

to survive tropical diseases and venture into the mosquito-infested interiors of africa and asia. the combination

of the steamboat and the telegraph enabled the western powers to increase their mobility and to quickly respond

to any situations that threatened their dominance. the rapid-fire machine gun also gave them a military advantage

and was in convincing africans and asians to accept western control. the following table summarizes the

causes of the new imperialism:

causes of new imperialism

economic military/political humanitarian/religious technological

need for markets need for military bases white man’s burden new medicine

raw materials national security spread of christianity new weapons

source of investments source of

pride—nationalism

social darwinism

(superiority of western

society)

transportation

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