Characteristics of Successful Empire Quality Political Leadership
a. Fairness & Toleration
b. Organized Empire
Powerful Military
a. Military Success
b. Organized Military
Diverse & Valuable Resources
a. Had varied Resources (use map on page 65 and prior learning about the places they conquered)
b. Had access to trade Routes & Products of trade (use map on page 65 and prior learning about the Silk Road and Indian Ocean) Unifying Religion
a. Had universal religion that could unite varying regions

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the correct answer is to reduce tax

you didn't post any options. a few things that spring is known to represent are: rebirth, birth, new life,   and life.

the options of this question are:

a) president wilson’s desire to form the league of nations  

b) germany’s desire for reasonable conditions of surrender and fair treatment.  

c)europe’s desire to maintain original pre-war borders  

d) the allies’ desire to seek retribution for germany’s actions

the correct answer is d) the allies’ desire to seek retribution for germany’s actions.

the allies’ desire to seek retribution for germany’s actions had the greatest influence on how germany was treated after world war i.

it is estimated that the cost of wwi was around 260 billion dollars, and the allies wanted germany to pay a big part for the losses. the allies also wanted to impose land losses as well as limit the army of germany and confiscate their industrial resources to apply the retribution.

in the united states, president woodrow wilson created the fourteen points to be delivered to germany, as a peace program. he presented these documents to the u.s. congress in january 1918.