Well, when you find gold you get rich... therefore they went for it! Hope i helped(:
Egypt, Libya, and Nigeria all supply oil and petroleum to the U.S.
That's why they are so important to the U.S. economy.
Answer: Oil
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People who study the rocks of the earth- geologists
people who interpret the past based on what objects people have left behind- archaeologists
people who study how people lived their daily lives often through oral or written stories- historians
People who comment on important current issues- writers
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