There are no countries in the entire continent of Africa that were not at some point colonized. However, Ethiopia, which is in East Africa, was colonized for the shortest time. There were a group of Italians who made a colony in Ethiopia (now known as Italians of Ethiopia), following the capture of Abyssinia by the Italians in 1936.
My reaction to this quote is that Abraham Lincoln is referring to the ideal that once people have power they tend to abuse it for their advantage, and personal gain. For Example, gerrymandering. Gerrymandering is the manipulation of the county sizing and grouping in states by the Legislative branch to guarantee their reelection into federal or state offices. A typically Democratic city perhaps may be grouped or redrawn to conjoin with a vastly Republican populated area, creating a larger group of supporters of one party, and a polarized county.
Answer: Synthesis is the answer A.Synthesis.
Explanation: synthesizing simply mean combining
