I think what is meant here is the fact that the borders of African countries are unusually straight and do not follow natural landscapes (see the borders between Namibia and Botswana) - this is a legacy of how the land was shared by the colonial powers.
If Greece was very flat it is not unlikely that it would have created a big and powerful empire instead of its numerous city-states. The mountainous character instead made it difficult to unite the city-states into one country.
People regarded a house as a good investment which paved the way to an increased demand for housing as well as increasing the prices. This gave confirmation to people that housing was a good investment which led to the increase in demand and resulted to an upward spiral driven by positivity.<span> </span>
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Assuming that this is referring to the same list of options that was posted before with this question, the correct response would be "a system of checks and balances", since this doesn't allow any branch to become too powerful.
Answer: The Treaty of <u>Nanking </u>between the Chinese and the British in 1842 marked the first of the century's "unequal treaties" that would be imposed throughout east Asia by European powers.
Explanation: The Treaty of Nanking was a treaty signed by Great Britain and China on 29 August 1842 in order for the First Opium War, which had begun in 1839, to come to an end. <u>The Chinese considered it an unequal treaty because it gave the British too much power</u>. China had to pay six million silver dollars and give the territory of Hong Kong to Great Britain.
