What statements describe ways that ivan the third ivan the great increases power status as ruler of russia a: he came to power in moscow b: many russian printers and boyars willingly pledged their support to ivan the third and turned over there land c: ivan the third tortured boyars who would speak out against him d: ivan the third stopped sending tributes to the tatar court there could be more than one answer

A, C, D, is the correct answer.

isaac newton first proposed that earth was not perfectly round. instead, he suggested it was an oblate spheroid—a sphere that is squashed at its poles and swollen at the equator.

the idea of the earth being a flat disc is also inconsistent with the fact that a given lunar eclipse is only visible from half of the earth at a time. the only shape that casts a round shadow no matter which direction it is pointed is a sphere, and the ancient greeks deduced that this must mean the earth is spherical.