1. natural resources (gold, waters) opened doors for trade / transportation
2. natural barriers, culturally isolated a group from one another (walls, tunnels)
^ both determined the rate of success or failure within the development of the early settlements in the English colonies
Cos(pi/2 - x) = sin(x). sec(x) = 1/cos(x), so the left side would be sinx/cosx = tanx. So it checks out.
Answer:
signing the Central America Free trade Agreement
Socialism is a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are controlled by the community for the purpose of achieving social and economic equality.
The correct answer is c - socialism.
This is the only possible correct answer. All of the other ones don't come into question. Communism is similar, but has slight differences in that sense which prohibit it from being correct.
Culture doesn't really have aims; it's an by-product of human social behaviour, something that people create as they live in groups and satisfy their other needs. It's functions are to "remember" certain behaviours that worked in the past, such as certain ways of preparing food.