This isn't hard to answer - A; because Japan had so many small, isolated islands, governing the entire country was often very challengin. Imagine being the emperor or just in charge of a country which was composed of hundreds of islands. For your decree to get into motion on all of them, it needed a lot of time.
The Federalists wanted a strong government and strong executive branch, while the anti-Federalists wanted a weaker central government. The Federalists did not want a bill of rights —they thought the new constitution was sufficient.
So the geography was mostly mountains and they didn't want to have to climb over them to get west because they were pretty much lazy bums
Answer: I believe the answer is D.
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