Why are conceptions of or ideas of human nature or freedoms so important to political ideologies?

As with any small island country, cuba has fewer natural resources than countries such as brazil. this affects their economy in that cuba a) exports only manufactured products. b) exports more products than it imports.. c) must import more products than it exports. d) has imposed trade barriers against the united states.

The defendant, angered because a rival gang member had twice beaten him up after school, obtained a heavy lead pipe and waited in a deserted alleyway which he knew the rival took as a route home every day after school. when his enemy came walking down the alley, the defendant leapt out behind him and smashed the pipe into the victim's head, knocking him to the ground. the defendant then rolled the victim over and pounded his face with 15 to 20 heavy blows with the lead pipe, killing him. the jurisdiction defines first degree murder as murder committed with premeditation and deliberation. all other murders are defined as second degree murders. why will the defendant be convicted of first degree murder (as opposed to second degree murder)?

What landform is circled in the map above?