Mountains make up about 70% of the landscape, which makes life a lot harder for those living there. This is why most people in Korea live along the Western Coastal Plains.
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Volcanoes erupt because of density and pressure. The lower density of the magma relative to the surrounding rocks causes it to rise.
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The correct answer is convert gold and silver to goods.
It did make it self sufficient and it encouraged having more colonies because it made it possible to use the resources of the colonies in order to be self sufficient. In order to find colonies you had to explore so it had to be supported too.
During the 19th century, America had a strong reluctance to become involved in other countries alliances and affairs. Isolationists in America argued that the US had a different philosophy than European countries and the US should defend freedom and democracy by not being involved in such things.
During the Spanish-American War, the US remained isolated and the country fought the war without alliances and without fighting in Europe. But the mindset started to change since the motto of freedom and democracy was substituted by the US bringing an empire in the Caribbean and in the Pacific - the US had influence in the Phillippines, Puerto Rico and Guam -.
President Roosevelt had the big stick policy, he believed that the US should export its values and become a global power. At the same time, he defended that the US should avoid conflicts. President Roosevelt ended the isolationism in the US and started the modern American philosophy of acting aggressively in foreign affairs even without the support of the Congress.
