Choose one of these prompts for the Long Essay. It is due Thursday so please help!! 2. By the period 1200–1450 CE, the Silk Roads had long been established as a prominent trading route connecting Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.

Develop an argument that evaluates the extent to which patterns of interaction along the Silk Roads changed from 1200 to 1450 CE.

3. In the period 1450–1700 CE, many European countries made advancements in transoceanic exploration.

Develop an argument that evaluates the extent to which European exploration around 1500 CE changed the way in which empires facilitated trade.

4. In the period from 1900 CE to the present, the world faced multiple global conflicts that had a profound influence on world politics.

Develop an argument that evaluates the extent to which the end of World War II in 1945 brought major changes to world politics.

the answer is b for brother

separation of powers, therefore, refers to the division of government responsibilities into distinct branches to limit any one branch from exercising the core functions of another.   the intent is to prevent the concentration of power and provide for checks and balances.  

the traditional characterizations of the powers of the branches of american government are:

* the legislative branch is responsible for enacting the laws of the state and appropriating the money necessary to operate the government.

* the executive branch is responsible for implementing and administering the public policy enacted and funded by the legislative branch.

* the judicial branch is responsible for interpreting the constitution and laws and applying their interpretations to controversies brought before it.

forty state constitutions specify that government be divided into three branches:   legislative, executive and judicial.   california illustrates this approach; "the powers of state government are legislative, executive, and judicial.   persons charged with the exercise of one power may not exercise either of the others except as permitted by this constitution."

while separation of powers is key to the workings of american government, no democratic system exists with an absolute separation of powers or an absolute lack of separation of powers. governmental powers and responsibilities intentionally overlap; they are too complex and interrelated to be neatly compartmentalized. as a result, there is an inherent measure of competition and conflict

minnesota:   minnesota house research,   separation of powers: when statutes and court rules conflict, 2005

france,russia and prussia had absolute monarchy and it meant:

when louis xiv inherited the throne, he was able to serve as his chief minister.louis xiv ruled as an absolute monarch.