Which of the following best describes the middle passsge? 1. It was the journey slaves took from the interior of africa to cargo ships waiting on the gold coast.

2. It was the ceremony that marked a young African's entry into adulthood.

3. It refers to the transportation of African slaves across the Sahara to the Muslim states of the middle east.

4. It was the middle leg of a three-legged journey, a leg in which slaves were transported from Africa to the Americas.

Which statement best describes the relationship between the rule of law and democratic forms of government? o a. the rule of law ensures that leaders can only exercise the powers the people give them. b. the rule of law requires direct democracies to introduce representative government. o c. the rule of law allows elected officials to issue extremely harsh punishments for criminals. o d. the rule of law prevents democracies from growing too large to be efficiently governed.