Imagine that you are sent to the forests of the Rwenzori Mountains in Africa (shown above). As a geographer, if you were studying this natural environment and the natural processes that shape it, which of the essential elements of geography would you be using?

In what ways did the compromise of 1850 and the kansas-nebraska act of 1854 differ from the missouri compromise? both compromises used the established 36°30′ parallel to determine if territories would become free or slave states. both compromises used the mason-dixon line to determine if the territories would become free or slave states. both compromises let territories use popular sovereignty to determine if they would become free or slave states. both compromises only granted congress the power to determine if territories would become free or slave states.

New communication technologies, improved transportation, and advanced military weapons made it possible for countries to speed up acquiring territory. rule large amounts of territory. fight off competition from opposing nations. expand their economies, which aided in conguest.

Explain what might happen if the supreme court did not have the power to check the other two branches.