Providing guides and limits to the governments power.
Explanation:
The US Constitution has 7 articles which concern the power of the government, they talk about the three branches - legislative, executive and judiciary - of government and the amount of power each branch has.
The Constitution even created the check and balances system that create a complex system that interrelates each branch that has overlapped powers. This was designed so no branch could have too much power and could be contained by the other branch.
The answer is a. Trade with other Asian nations
was a large reason for industrialization in Japan. Japan was now
entering a phase of modernization. It
was now making a shift to trade with other countries to boost its economy.