In paragraph 2, the author makes the claim that adopting a dog from a shelter helps solve the problem of pet overpopulation in the United States. Which piece of evidence from paragraph 2 is a statistic that supports the claim?
A)Every year, between three and four million dogs and cats are euthanized because there is simply no room for them.
B)Animal shelters around the country are struggling to deal with a staggering surplus of pets.
C)By adopting a shelter dog, you can help solve the overpopulation problem-and open up a spot for another homeless canine.
D)Humane, no-kill shelters protect healthy, adoptable pets, but these shelters have limited space.

superior technology and improved medical knowledge to foster imperialism. quinine enabled europeans

to survive tropical diseases and venture into the mosquito-infested interiors of africa and asia. the combination

of the steamboat and the telegraph enabled the western powers to increase their mobility and to quickly respond

to any situations that threatened their dominance. the rapid-fire machine gun also gave them a military advantage

and was in convincing africans and asians to accept western control. the following table summarizes the

causes of the new imperialism:

causes of new imperialism

economic military/political humanitarian/religious technological

need for markets need for military bases white man’s burden new medicine

raw materials national security spread of christianity new weapons

source of investments source of

pride—nationalism

social darwinism

(superiority of western

society)

transportation

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