Why were many russian cities spared from the destruction that happened elsewhere under mongol rule?
a. the russian princes ruled in exchange for collecting a mongol tribute.
b. the golden horde was busy fighting elsewhere, leaving moscow to grow on its own.
c. moscow collected taxes from the other principalities, allowing it to become very wealthy.
d. the mongols converted to orthodox christianity, increasing pilgrimages to moscow.

How did the southeast asia treaty organization (seato) carry out the united states policy on containment? a. seato promoted the creation of united nation military bases to create regional defense. b. seato founded an organization seeking to educate southeastern asian countries on communism. c. seato established a regional economic union to promote monetary security. d. seato sought to provide regional security in southeast asia by establishing alliances.