The correct answers are:
A. China imports oil and natural gas because it cannot meet demands with its own supplies;
China is country that has an ever growing economy, and that means that the demand for natural resources is also growing constantly. Because China doesn't have enough oil and natural gas, it imports huge quantities of it, mainly from Russia, in order to satisfy the demand.
C. Taiwan imports wood products because many of its forests are protected lands;
Taiwan is a relatively small island. It has a very large population though, which over the years meant that big portion of the forests were destroyed, and the wood reserves became very limited. Also, the forests were all protected sot hat they are not destroyed. Because of this, Taiwan is importing wood products on a large scale from the other countries, mostly from the nations of Southeast Asia.
The vegetation has been increasing in this region over the years
Answer: you can use a graphing calculator online to get a more precise answer. Hope it helps
The main motivation of the European colonial powers to colonize Africa was the economic interest, or to put it more specifically, exploiting the natural resources, cheap and abundant labor force, and making wealth out of it.
Africa is a continent that is very rich in natural resources. Lot of those natural resources were very expansive, in high demand, and highly appreciated outside of Africa. The Europeans saw a great opportunity to make themselves even more wealthy, as they had far superior military and weapons, so conquering would not be a problem, and the natives were not using those natural resources nor knew that they are valuable in other places of the world.
The Europeans used the suitable circumstances, and numerous colonial European countries managed to get a piece of the African land, making lot of wealth out if it until the end of the colonial period.
The chain of volcanic islands is known as the “Aleutian Islands”
