Asked by ALEXIS SIMMONS on Apr 23, 2024

Each general statement below is followed by several examples. Select the letter of the example that does not clearly illustrate the generalization. Throughout history, people have built huge walls to separate two populations.

A) The most famous example is the 4,000-mile-long Great Wall of China, built in 200 B.C. by the Ming Dynasty to protect against raids by Mongol and Turkic tribes.
B) The Roman Empire built Hadrian's Wall across the width of Britain to protect its territory against Scottish tribes.
C) The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., is known as "The Wall."
D) Before Germany's Berlin Wall was demolished in 1989, it had divided West Berlin from East Berlin for twenty-eight years.

Berlin Wall

A concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989, symbolizing the Cold War's separation between the communist East and the democratic West.

Great Wall

Refers to the Great Wall of China, an ancient series of walls and fortifications located in northern China, built for protection against invasions and raids.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

A U.S. national memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring the service members who fought in the Vietnam War and those who lost their lives.

  • Identify occurrences that don’t match with general assertions.