Answer: d. Micropolitan areas
Small cities located beyond the metropolitan areas are called Micropolitan areas. It includes Minot, North Dakota; Boone, North Carolina; traverse city, Michigan; and Concord, New Hampshire where almost 10% of the Americans moved due to cheaper land, lower taxes, less pollution, and crime.
They're all physical processes but strip mining is not a natural physical process
Answer: Roman Empire:
Powerful Lords Broke up the empire into separate kingdoms.
Without trade, people had to find their own food and basic necessities.
Knowledge of math and science was lost
Gupta Empire:
Hunas were absorbed into the local culture.
Invaders destroyed Hindu temples.
The feudal system began as people turned to lords for protection.
Explanation for Roman Empire. Trade in Rome ceased because all of the roads were in such horrible condition that people could not travel on them. Rome had advanced knowledge of math and science but all their notes on them were mostly destroyed or lost. Rome was divided into two parts the western and eastern kingdoms.
Explanation for Gupta Empire. Hunas began invading Gupta, (Gupta Empire was strongly and mainly Hinduism) they destroyed hindu temples and took control over the Gupta empire and were absorbed into their local culture. The Gupta empire took to feudalism in order to gain protection from foreign invasion.