What is the primary purpose of a proxy war?
a. to weaken the military-industrial complexes that often arise in powerful countries
b. to allow powerful countries to engage in conflicts without directly fighting each other
c. to prevent poor countries from being forced to engage in expensive arms races
d. to empower countries with weak militaries to challenge more powerful countries

the right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "their policy of "divide and rule" pitted political groups against each other to keep any one group from becoming too powerful.  " the  participant in european imperialism is being described below is that  their policy of "divide and rule" pitted political groups against each other to keep any one group from becoming too powerful. 

d.

the northwest territory became the most densely populated area in the u.s.