The important effect of a booming trade with different civilizations, based from Constantinople was: a) The Byzantine Empire was getting richer and more powerful

b) The capital city of Constantinople became a cultural melting-pot where East met West, and gave birth to a beautifully blended and unique culture

c) People from different countries came to settle in the Byzantine Empire

d) All the above

The proposed downtown mall development will cause severe economic harm to our city. i, like everyone else here, am concerned about the troubled economy, and we all know the importance of job creation — especially here - but these concerns shouldn't push us to blindly support supposed "job creators" without first looking at the data. the truth is that when jobs are created in one place, they're usually destroyed somewhere else. studies have shown that for every job created by a mall, at least one job in a local business is lost. as the former owner of two long-standing small businesses in our community, i know all too well the power of these big commercial chains. my fellow citizens, we have watched this evil evolve for decades, and it's time to take a stand. these new chain stores may be able to offer lower prices on some goods, but they also take money out of our community to pay distant executives and shareholders. if we oppose what is the author's point of view?

Because the texas constitution does not have a "necessary and proper" clause, a government powers are almost unlimited b. much of what is included in the constitution is improper c. the governor has to make the laws d government is limited to what is in the constitution

Read the following passages. passage a: we who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. they may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances - to choose one's own way. passage b: for as long as political life has existed in germany, there has never been a movement such as ours. created from nothing and embracing people of all regions, all classes, all professions, all heritages. they can oppress us; they can even kill us. but we will never surrender. passage c: who am i? they also tell me/ i bore the days of misfortune/ equably, smilingly, proudly, /like one accustomed to win. passage d: a democratic government did nothing to stem the flow of high inflation and unemployment that seemed to grow worse week by week. people grew desperate for change. which passage offers the truest belief of nazism in germany? passage b passage d passage a passage c