The correct answer is - oil.
The Japanese Empire, under the rule of Emperor Hirohito, in order to manage to continue with the expansion and gain new territories, needed much more oil than what its supplies where.
The need for oil meant that Japan will attack the places in the region where there are solid amounts of oil reserves, and they did. They attacked and conquered parts of Southeast Asia, and got hold onto the large oil reserves that they desperately needed for their military machinery.
Caesar Augustus was originally named Octavian, great nephew of Julius Caesar. He was the first emperor of the Rome and was named Augustus. Augustus during this time was known for placing Rome in the "Pax Romana" a state of amazing excellency during ancient Roman times. Since Augustus placed Rome into a period of greatness, it does not make sense that he sent Rome into a civil war, meaning it can't be a. For choice b., it is describing Nero, who supposed played his lyre while the city of Rome burned. Choice d is referring to Julius Caesar; well in partial. Julius Caesar created a calendar but I do not remember if he really referred to himself as a god. So this only leaves option c. He established an imperial government in place of the Roman Republic.
Carolinas.
Virginia and Chesapeake Bay.
New England.
New York and New Jersey.
Midwest, Mississippi River, and Louisiana.
Florida.
Georgia
