Which of the following best explains the effects of Mongol trade policies? O Mongols controlled overland trade, leading Europeans to search for alternate trade routes.
O Mongols avoided contact with most major religious groups in Asia to prevent assimilation.
O Mongols successfully spread their culture and religious beliefs along overland trade routes.
O Mongols heavily taxed seafaring traders, thus encouraging overland trade to flourish.

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?