3. How does the phrase "rampant urbanization and overuse of the land also resulted in [RI.5]
the decline and eventual abandonment of the cities of the Fertile Crescent"
(Paragraph 5) contribute to the development of ideas in this article?
A. The phrase demonstrates how Alexander the Great was able to conquer the
region.
B.
The phrase identifies how the achievements of the region were disseminated
throughout the area.
C. The phrase reveals one of the reasons why a previously thriving civilization
eventually declined.
D.
The phrase analyzes the effect the earthquakes had on the rampant
urbanization in the area.

Choose the best example of an indirect confrontation for the following situation: peter, a local school board member hired john whom owns a local print shop to make custom t-shirts for his son's basketball team, the ravens. they are about to play their final game of the year and are having a party to celebrate their semi-finalist rankings. unfortunately, the printer made a mistake and printed on red/blue shirts instead of black/blue which are the team's actual colors. peter explains to john that the team's colors are black/blue instead of red/blue and asks john what he thinks they should do. peter explains to john that the team's colors are black/blue and demands that john re-print the shirts on the correct colors. peter agrees to take the red/blue shirts but then posts a negative yelp review on john's business. peter agrees to take the red/blue shirts but tells everyone he can in the school about the incident and tells them not to buy from john. peter rejects the shirts and files a lawsuit to attempt to recover the down payment he made to john.