How has each of the following affected settlement, trade, and government in puerto rico land features water features climate location natural resources industries

well land features, it is an island so the trade flourishes very well.

water features, the water is very salty so the water is clear, so it was easy to see if you were about to crash into a rock that was underwater but can still do damage to the ship,

climate, it is a high temperature over there so it does rain a lot but it wouldn't affect trade as much

location, like i said, it is an island so there are many ports

natural resources, there was a lot of gold which made trade flourish even better and gave them a better motivation

industries, i don't know about this one

ok i will try

explanation:

superior technology and improved medical knowledge to foster imperialism. quinine enabled europeans

to survive tropical diseases and venture into the mosquito-infested interiors of africa and asia. the combination

of the steamboat and the telegraph enabled the western powers to increase their mobility and to quickly respond

to any situations that threatened their dominance. the rapid-fire machine gun also gave them a military advantage

and was in convincing africans and asians to accept western control. the following table summarizes the

causes of the new imperialism:

causes of new imperialism

economic military/political humanitarian/religious technological

need for markets need for military bases white man’s burden new medicine

raw materials national security spread of christianity new weapons

source of investments source of

pride—nationalism

social darwinism

(superiority of western

society)

transportation

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