Mercantilism's basic idea was to build up a nations supply of gold and silver by
exporting more goods than you imported
using colonies for raw materials and markets to sell your goods
the government controlling the economy.
all the above

answer; /// i believe that the correct answer is (d)the huang he river valley;

although the crusades failed to capture jerusalem, they had several major impacts on western europe. they increased the authority of the king: sometimes nobles died in battle without leaving an heir in which case the king got their land. kings passed taxes to pay for the crusades.

soviet influence spread across eastern europe sharply during and after wwii. the soviet armies liberated the countries in eastern europe and occupied them from the germans as they were forced to retreat towards germany.