Use the drop-down menu to complete the sentence. People joined monasteries and convents in order to
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spread Christianity throughout Europe.
devote their lives to prayer and study
control administration of the sacraments.
shut themselves off from the local community

Devote their lives to prayer and study.

Explanation:

Monasteries and convents are religious institutions specifically used by people devoted to serving God through prayer and studies. Though their aim and purpose may seem similar, the difference between the two lies in the fact that a monastery is for a community of religious monks whereas a convent is mainly for female nuns.

These religious institutions help shape a person, a monk or a nun, to devote his/her life to God wholly without any distractions. Living a life of simplicity, the nuns and monks stay away from the general population and instead focus on studying and praying.

Thus, the correct answer is the second option.

the american rail road was the most influential and useful transportation system developed in the 1800's with steam locomotives and in the very late 1800's and early 1900's diesel electric locomotives being used to transport goods and people around the newly expanded united states!

explanation: we can only guess at how our actions may be perceived in the future. doing something really big like killing lots of people, saving lots of people, affecting the lives of lots of people is a sure fire way of being remembered in historical records. we can also make a difference in the history records by being a small influence on something bigger, whether that is as a civil servant, scientist or artist.

of course you could argue that we all affect history just as tiny cogs in a   bigger machine.

if you mean how do people influence our opinions of things which have already happened, then simply by writing a book which looks at things form a different perspective and trying to convince people that this perspective is more accurate or truthful. people do it all the time i.e. richard the third was a terrible or was he? plenty would disagree, it's just that their views aren't the most widely known.n: