Before the panama canal people from East coast of America who wanted to go to Asia had to either sail around south America which took months or sail towards Asia and go around Africa which took even longer. The panama canal was a short cut right in the middle of central America which cut navigation time in half. Hope I helped. :)
Andrew Jackson: He was opposed to the Old appointment system and began what became known as the "Spoils System."
The correct answer is - Slaves.
The West African empires had a tradition of having lot of slaves, usually people that were captives in war. The smaller tribes in West Africa that were ruled by the bigger tribes or empires, were very often treated very badly, and lot of their people were taken as slaves.
When the Europeans saw the potential of the slaves, they rushed to negotiate and buy them off, and for the West African empires it seemed like an easy way to make big profits, so the trade with slaves started. Millions of people were used in the so called Atlantic Slave Trade, most of whom are the descendants of the black populations in the Americas.
The correct answer is B. Soviets.
The first soviets were councils of workers (soviet is the Russian word for council) and were organized in 1905 after the revolution of that year. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, the Communist party led by Vladimir Lenin established the first Communist form of government known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. It was based on a network of labor councils, formed by workers, peasants, and soldiers that worked in every city. These federal assembles were the fundamentals of the Soviet power. Above all of these soviets, there was the Supreme Soviet which was the central government and highest authority. Every Soviet Republic had at the same time a Supreme Soviet, that was under the rule of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.
