Read the passage and answer the question. The Rhine has served as a link between southern and northern Europe since prehistoric times, enabling trade and cultural exchange, which in turn led to the establishment of settlements within a small geographical area.

Which statement best analyzes the effects of conditions described in this passage?

a. The cultures of these areas developed independently
b. Early settlements combined to form a chain of villages and small towns
c. This encouraged agricultural development among early settlers
d. Close communities caused groups to go to war with one another for resources

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99 points which of the following selections is least useful for supporting the claim that states intentionally built unequal school systems to separate the races? question 1 options: a. the supreme court ruling in plessy v. ferguson (1896) declared segregation of schools to be unconstitutional. b. it was very clear by the mid-1900s that southern states had expertly built separate educational systems. these schools, however, were never equal. c. states with laws keeping schools segregated never gave equal amounts of money t o their black and white schools. d. ten years after brown, fewer than 10 percent of southern public schools had integrated. some areas did not comply at all.