The most likely reason why president truman ordered the atomic bomb dropped on japan was to

a. show us military strength.
b. force japan to surrender to the allies.
c. guarantee a us victory.
d. prevent the soviet invasion of japan.

D. Prevent the Soviet invasion of Japan.

Explanation:

In 1943, Iosiv Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union, declared in the Conference of Teheran that such state will declare war to Japan just after the defeat of the Nazi Germany, which occured in May 1945. In 1944, the Soviet Union asked the rest of the Allies a period of three months after the end of the war of Europe to prepare for millitary action against Japan. The Soviet-Japanese war began in August 1945 with the Soviet invasion to the Manchukuo State, a Japanese puppet state.

The progress of Soviet occupation in Japanese controlled territories was of great concern for the United States, which saw the possibility of Soviet invasion in the Japanese islands.

the answer is b: the religion they practice.

here's why:

there were many different native american tribes and those with similar characteristics formed a main tribe or nation. each had its own language, religion and customs.

the romans were initially interested in expansion via sicily (which at that time was a cultural melting pot), part of which lay under carthaginian control. at the start of the first punic war (264-241 bc), carthage was the dominant power of the western mediterranean, with an extensive maritime empire