Which statement describes a similarity between the roman catholic and eastern orthodox churches?
a. both officially support iconoclasm.
b. both began as forms of european christianity.
c. both recognize the pope as a divine leader.
d. both reject all jewish sacred texts.

The statetment that describes a similarity between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches is option B. Both began as forms of European Christianity.

The Eastern Orthodox church is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 200–260 million members.  the Eastern Orthodox Church has played a crucial role in the history and culture of Eastern and Southeastern Europe.

The Roman Catholic church is the largest Christian church, with approximately 1.3 billion baptised Catholics worldwide.

for the 2 countries u can do china and america because america has a democratic government while china has a communist government.

a democracy is a government run by the people either by directly voting or indirectly by electing representatives. an oligarchy is a government run by a few or a small group of people. a democracy and oligarchy are similar because both in an oligarchy and an indirect democracy, a small group of induvial determine the laws for a large group of people they are different because in an oligarchy it is easier to control and they do not have to answer to a large number of people in the country, unlike a democracy where they do have to answer to a large number of people an county that is a democracy would be the united states. a country that is an oligarchy would be the china.