McCarthy noted that "we are engaged in a final, all out battle." How did he characterize the two sides in the "battle"? Why do you think he portrayed the Cold War in this manner?

the mongolian invasion of china and central asia resulted in a disruption of the silk road as the chinese garrisons lost support from the chinese kingdoms which fell under the mongols. however, as the mongols established a formal dynasty in china, the successors of genghis khan restored the garrisons along the silk road allowing the safe travel caravans again.

in the 1950s, country music came into its own before rock-n-roll took off in the 60s while jazz and classical music continued to innovate

literally just took the test, got a 100%. i couldn't be bothered to type it all out, so i just took pictures.

should be in order from q 1 to 35.