Well, it did affect the population, because at first California did not have that many people, and during the gold rush, many people from across the world moved to California
The Confederate troops lost the Civil War as a result of their higher numbers of injuries and fatalities.
Superior military, fertile land, diverse population, being a center of trade, and geographical protection from invasion.
Answer: The need to expand the market.
Explanation:
The Industrial Revolution had a global impact. At the moment when industrial production became more massive, there was a need to expand the market. It was necessary to sell the produced goods and form new markets. In such circumstances, imperialism appears; European countries conquer new areas to place on the market and sell their goods. As a product of the Industrial Revolution, Imperialism also needed new cheap labor that it could find on the Asian continent.
1. Saddam Hussein, the leader of Iraq, was afraid the Shiite south of Iraq (rich in oil) would rebel against the Sunni Baath Party, which Hussein headed, because of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran.
2. The Shatt al-Arab waterway was also another reason. The waterway caused much tension in the region because who controlled it had much influence in trade for the region.