The Text Book title- is the correct answer
Political geography studies all the following except Economies ( answer A). Political geography is concern with study of both spatially uneven outcome of political processes and the ways in which political processes are themselves affected by spatial structure. It also involve study of boundaries and their associated region.
The second one is A, amount of time
In 60 years, from 1801 to 1862, the amount of cotton picked daily by an enslaved person increased 400 percent. The profits from cotton propelled the US into a position as one of the leading economies in the world, and made the South its most prosperous region.
The answer is d thunderstorms