Answer:
D. by providing a rich source of natural resources such as fertile farmland
Explanation:
Ancient Chinese civilization prospered with the help of two rivers and fertile farmland for rice cultivation and pig breeding.
I think the answer to that question is that the United States would go to whatever length to contain the spread of communism and stop the United States' former ally the soviet union.
D. They secured the U.S. border of the Oregon Territory by negotiating a treaty with England.
The correct alternative is <em>"Identification of cities, states and countries".</em>
A political map must have states and countries marked on it, also its capitals. But on the other hand, there's no need for the presence of topography and boundaries, because it would include the political boundaries, not the natural ones.
Also, labels for continents and oceans is not a characteristic of a political map, nor the key for natural resources.