Hitler believed in the Aryan race. He believed they were stronger, more successful, and just better in general. He wanted to rid the world of people who were not of this race, in order to create a "better" world.
The answer is B. To disrupt the South's ability to trade
The answer is D. Leaders had very little experience so they didnt know how to run a government in that way.
Two things that were severely hurting the Soviet economy just prior to its fall were "A. The agricultural and manufacturing sectors were not meeting peoples' needs", since this was a "command economy" in which the government was in control of output.
Since early humans needed access to water & fertile grounds for agriculture, people settled near rivers. Rivers & mountains were used as barriers to provide natural borders