A harbor provides cities with a trade opportunity, which is very important for the city. If they're a transfer port, they can make profit of providing services next to a harbor.
Also, a trade will provide the city with the good it itself can't produce, and a possibility to exchange the goods it can produce for the ones it needs.
First of as Japan is an island nation set on an archipelago.
The area on which they could grow food was limited but thanks to plenty of rain
and an agreeable climate they made the best of what they had. Unfortunately,
the frequent earthquakes can also cause tsunamis and cause huge devastation. In cultural
and political sense this geographic location helped Japan protect their
nation and also helped them preserve and foster their cultural identity while
the sea routes allowed for good trading opportunities.
Erikson's main idea of what happens if you do not master the conflict of a given age (the equivalent of a Freudian fixation) is identity crisis. Each conflict has two parts: the successful outcome one wants, and the negative outcome which comes from failing to master the conflict. Tye conflict of adolescence is identity vs confusion. If one should fail to master this conflict, they will be confused as to who they are, will not feel like they fit in, and will waver between varying personality types in an effort to discover their identity.
Answer:
The answer would be Sand.
As it's an abiotic factor and i just took the test!
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