Protectorate - Local leaders following the advice of foreign advisors
Sphere of Influence - Outside power claims exclusive trading and investment privileges.
Direct Rule - Western country sends its own people to the country to rule it.
Indirect Rule - Would take a native ruler and teach/train them to run the country the way the Western nation wants.
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Answer:
Mountains and bodies of water
Explanation:
Mountains and bodies of water protected empires as it was the mountains that served as a barrier that protected ancient China and was used as an invasion route by the Aryans into ancient India also water bodies provided agricultural facilities which helped in allowing the empires become more successful.
It meant that Northerners in free states were obligated, regardless of their feelings towards slavery, to turn escaped slaves who had made it North back over to their Southern masters.