Answer:
The unemployment rate has varied from as low as 1% during World War I to as high as 25% during the Great Depression. More recently, it reached peaks of 10.8% in November 1982 and 10.0% in October 2009.
Explanation:
"Fertile," as in fertile soil or fertile land, means that the soil and land is rich in nutrients for plants, and therefore is good for farming crops.
Answer:
The pie charts tell a similar history: services are the dominant economic sector in all countries, industry comes second, and agriculture lags behind in third place.
Explanation:
However, the situation is not the same for all countries. Western European Countries like France and Italy have much larger services sectors, and much smaller agriculture sectors than Eastern European Countries like Romania and Poland.
This is because as countries become more developed, their services and industry sectors tend to grow at the expense of the agricultural sector, and Western Europe is more developed than Eastern Europe.
Answer: A) Climate
Explanation: Until the mid-20th century the largest impediment to trade between area "1" and area "2" on the map was climate. The Sahara Desert was a major impediment to trade. True, there were Trans-Saharan trade routes for centuries, but there is no denying that the desert was an inconvenience at the very least.
