It is commonly understood in economics that competition lowers prices by having companies fight each other for the consumers earned dollars.
A cartel is, then, an organization that exists for the purpose of controlling the supply and production of an item in order to fix the price.
By eliminating competition, a cartel is able to dictate to the market what they believe is an acceptable or desirable price.
The correct answer is they gave up territory east of the Mississippi river
We haven't studied this in school so im not sure
Normal or not is depended on the intent.
A ton of Big sisters all across the world often give the little brother wedgies in order to play around and have fun. Just like animals who are biting each other but never meant to hurt each other.
If the intention is to publicly humiliate the little brother, then it falls under 'abnormal' category.