<span>The railroads had to pass through mountains and rivers.</span>
Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, King Philip II of France, King Richard I of England
The lack of natural resources affected Mesopotamians because of no wood they had to make their homes out of mud bricks which did not hold up well. Also because they had no mountains or natural barriers they were often invaded. They had to make walls out of mud too. They were able to trade with the surplus of grain they grew for things that they needed.
Answer:
The correct answer is "Homelands were rural communities where thousands of black South Africans were forced to relocate".
Explanation:
In the 1950s the National Party-led government in South Africa began consolidating the apartheid, which allowed racial discrimination and injustice towards black people. As a result, South Africa's homelands became rural communities at which black South Africans were forced to move from their homes. These Forced Removal events were particularly numerous and infamous when the Group Areas Act was enacted.