Which of the following questions applies the strategy of comparing and contrasting?

a. could the dropping of the atomic bomb on japan have been avoided?
b. why did reconstruction fail?
c. how did southern states react to the outcome of the civil way?
d. how were the outcomes of world war 1 and world war 2 similar?

This chart shows the number of soldiers killed according to two different sources. source a is a book written by university professors. source b is from a well-known historical website. in a paragraph, explain why the data presented is different, and evaluate the reliability of each source. which should be used in a school research project, and why?

As with any small island country, cuba has fewer natural resources than countries such as brazil. this affects their economy in that cuba a) exports only manufactured products. b) exports more products than it imports.. c) must import more products than it exports. d) has imposed trade barriers against the united states.

The persians landed in the plains near athens. as their army greatly outnumbered that of the greeks, the greeks hoped to find aid from nearby sparta. a long-distance runner named pheidippides was sent from athens to sparta to request , but the spartans were not able to send more soldiers at the time. regardless, the greeks were still able to win the battle. centuries later, legend developed that a runner had been sent from the battle to athens after the greek victory. after reaching athens, the runner proclaimed, "we are victorious! " and then fell to the ground and died. this legendary story is the inspiration for the modern long-distance runs that are performed today. this passage refers to the events of which battle during the persian wars? a. battle of thermopylae b. battle of salamis c. battle of plataea d. battle of marathon