Which of the following best describes the spatial organization of the world’s economy today?
a. a single country, the united states, controls the world economy and influences the economies of all other countries in the world.

b. the countries in the european union make up the core region and rely on resources and labor from postindustrial countries to succeed.

c. the countries in the periphery, such as those in africa and asia, have economies that are rapidly declining and becoming less influential on the world stage.

d. the periphery region is rapidly disappearing, and all the world’s countries are now part of the world’s core region.

e. a core region that consists of japan, southeast asia, north america, and europe operates with the support of labor and materials from the periphery.