The control of trade routes and harbors.
Answer:
The answer is Congo
Explanation:
technically the answer would be Congo-Kinshasa and Burundi since they gained independence peacefully.
I believe it is B. The purpose establishment of the League of Nations was to resolve international conflicts without war.
Choice A doesn't really make sense because neutral nations don't join war alliances; they remain neutral. Choice C and D actually would lead to more wars because Germany was bitter about being forced to accept the defeat. They further had to pay for the reparations, which wouldn't make anyone happy.
They lived in the Northern plains