The more crops there are, that means that there's gonna be more resources. Which will mean that more people will be able to live in a town, because if there are less resources and less crops then more people will starve and die out way before they can reproduce. If they cant keep reproducing and be able to feed their children, then the town will become smaller and smaller until its completely vanished.
Although there are numerous factors that can affect a counties GDP, especially today when the entire world is so "connected", a major reason why GDP fluctuates so much in this part of the world is that these economies rely primary on agriculture, which can be profitable one year and then not profitable the next, due to weather changes.
Korea--the conflict occurred as Japan began to expand influence and China attempted to retain influence.
Korea was a hub of resources and as Japan began to modernize into a western country, it became a target of Japanese imperialism. However, China had traditionally been the protector of Korea and the war was an attempt for China to maintain their hold on Korea. <span />
I'm not sure what the choices are as they're not provided. The importance of the victory at the Battle of Saratoga was a turning point as it showed that the United States could win against Great Britain. This eventually led to getting more allies such as France. France's help allowed the United States to gain more weapons and more equipment which proved to be very helpful as the war continued.
