Look at the world map below. In which region of the world did European powers dominate a weaker country’s economy by dividing it into spheres of influence rather than establishing colonies?

A. Region D

Explanation:

The European countries were well known for conquering countries and establishing colonies all over the world, but they made an exception in one, that being China. Instead of make China a colony, the European countries, usually in bad relations, worked together to take over parts of it, as it was in their best interest.

It may seem unthinkable nowadays for someone to divide China in spheres of interest, but back in the 19th and early 0th century, the country was in terrible condition, so it was easy target for the Europeans. The European interest was mainly economic, so instead of going after all of the Chinese territory, the Europeans captured only the Chinese coastline. This was tactically excellent move, as China was still producing a lot, but it had to export the goods through the sea, and with the Europeans controlling the coastline, the Chinese had to sell everything to them for minimum compensation, while the Europeans were making huge profits.

marginal cost is a microeconomic measure that us to evaluate the extent to which the level of production of a good is sustainable in accounting, that is, to how many quantities the company plans to profit from the production of the good.

the concept of marginal cost is simple, it means the cost of producing one more item. for example, in the case of pies, the marginal cost is the cost of producing one more pie than those that have already been produced.

it is important to understand that productive activity influences marginal cost. the marginal cost of some goods can be very high, while others may be insignificant. for example, the marginal cost of producing an extra plane is very high. already the marginal cost of a water company to provide 1l more water is derisory.

in the case of pies, the cost involves the inputs, the labor and the fixed cost, which involves the fixed space of the bakery. the level of production initially has the marginal cost decreasing because there is space and manpower available. however, to produce more you have to hire more workers and buy more inputs. if physical space is limited, workers will conflict with places, inputs and their productivity will decrease, meaning there is an optimum point of production for each level of space and manpower. from this point on, the productivity of the workers will be getting smaller because of lack of space, so that the marginal cost of producing one more pie will be increasing. so, although you have not posted the chart, but if you have the answer, you can see that my explanation goes according to the marginal cost curve that will increase from the 4th pie, answer (c).

the answer is solomon northrup. he was a free-born african american, abolitionist and professional violinist that was drugged, kidnapped and sold as slave in 1841 and remained in captivity until 1853 where he regained his freedom with the of the then-governor of new york, washington hunt. he wrote and published his memoirs "twelve years a slave" in 1853, and in this text, he tells the story of his escape thru one of louisiana's swamps (the great pacoudrie swamp) in which he ended up covered in green slime from crossing the surface of the dead water.