Many european nations and america desired to expand their "spheres of influence" and control parts of China for their own 'empire', which enables the nations to get more resources and other 'exotic' things that they do not have in their native lands.
1. the root language that west african people spoke was Arabic
2. the historical city was a major goal of the crusades was Jerusalem
3. the asian nation had a similar feudal system to that of western Europe is Japan
4. following groups of people did not participate in trade along the Swahili Coast of East Africa is Bantu Swahili
5. the ottomans were Turkic people from central Asia and Anatolia
" The Missouri Compromise was a line drawn on the US map in 1820. It extended the southern boundary of MIssouri to the then western border of the US. The border was the western extension of the land in the Louisiana Purchase."
