Hurry: 1. what policies of ronald reagan and margaret thatcher strained the economy of the soviet union? 2. how has land degradation affected mexican workers? 3. how does orographic precipitation impact the formations of deserts? 4. where would you find the “shanty towns” in a latin american city? how is this different than cities in the united states? 5. what is the european union? what are its goals? 6. what is the common currency used in most countries in the eu? 7. in what ways has the u. s. been involved in mexican and colombian attempts to curtail the illicit drug trade? 8. how will birth rate, fertility and death rate have an impact on the demographic of a country.

“in december 598 [b.c.] nebuchadnezzar left babylon once more to campaign in the west. he besieged jerusalem, which had rebelled three years earlier, and on 16 march 597 it fell. king jehoiachin and many of his subjects were deported to babylon and zedekiah was installed as king of judah in his place. after some years zedekiah too rebelled. the babylonians began a siege of jerusalem which lasted for more than a year. the walls were finally breached in the summer of 587 . . and the city surrendered about a month later. much of jerusalem may have been destroyed at this time and more jews were deported.” —michael roaf, cultural atlas of mesopotamia and the ancient near east what can you conclude about the jews from this passage? a. they admired nebuchadnezzar. b. they did not try to defend their city. c. they were stronger than the babylonians. d. they wanted to be independent. select the best answer from the choices provided a b c d mark this and return