The difference is mostly in the amount of humidity. Continental climates usually have cool summers and cold winters and don't have high humidity. Central European is like continental climate except it has humidity because of the way air drifts work. They are similar but the temperature is usually higher.
Geography influences our life now and it did so in the past. Because of this it helps understand the reasons for some events.
For example geography helps you understand why ancient Greece was composed of many small independent city-states rather than one empire: Greece is composed of many islands and valleys separated by mountains, and it was easy to defend those settlements so they were not conquered by other settlements ( as it was the case in other countries).
<u>The correct answer is A. He divided the empire into provinces and appointed a leader for each province</u>. From 539 BC to 331 BC, the <u>Persian Empire</u> was the most powerful state in the world and <u>Darius I</u>, who was King from 522 BC to 486 BC, divided that <u>Empire</u> into twenty large provinces, called <em><u>satrapies</u></em>. Each<em><u> satrapy</u></em> was governed by a<em><u> satrap or governor</u></em>. Their main responsibilities were to enforce law and order, and to collect taxes and tributes. To check the satraps, a secretary and a military official representing <u>Darius</u> were installed in every province. This division secured that he would not have to travel from one end of his empire to the other, defending the borders against every little tribe that decided to attack.
-China's physical geography made farming possible but travel and communication difficult.
-geography kept early China culturally and economically isolated from the rest the world.