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For people to be able to come to their country and start a new life

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For people to be able to come to their country and start a new life

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so more people will want to come

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to gain more territory, resources, and power.

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how close the areas are and the resources available in that area

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So they can have land or citizens in different locations apart from the main country.

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So they can have land or citizens in different locations apart from the main country.

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they would possibly want to expand to flat land if they have farmers

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they would possibly want to expand to flat land if they have farmers

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So they can make trades and expand the economy more 

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So they can make trades and expand the economy more 

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More resources and more land to live and farm

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More resources and more land to live and farm

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there is no limit to how big the land is

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there is no limit to how big the land is

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where the water and the other state combined

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where the water and the other state combined

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Because they need more room for their population

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Because they need more room for their population

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When it affects their own country or an ally  

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When it affects their own country or an ally  

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to have a big better and more powerful country 

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to have a big better and more powerful country 

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Where great lakes and oceans are will depend on building around them. They think to make room for train tracks and rail roads to. 

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Where great lakes and oceans are will depend on building around them. They think to make room for train tracks and rail roads to. 

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How hard it is to travel there and how hard it would be to start civilization there.

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How hard it is to travel there and how hard it would be to start civilization there.

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where there are rivers, lakes, or mountain. Maybe even trees. 

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where there are rivers, lakes, or mountain. Maybe even trees. 

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It could be affecting them, like a fight over trade could affect the country's incoming and outcoming trade.

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So that they can make allies and trade supplies

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So that they can make allies and trade supplies

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Because there are many places you can't live like in rivers mountains

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Because there are many places you can't live like in rivers mountains

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they need more people to make the country grow

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they need more people to make the country grow

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so they can expand their boundries and take more resources from the new lands-Tyson

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so they can expand their boundries and take more resources from the new lands-Tyson

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So more people could come and they can grow their economy

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So more people could come and they can grow their economy

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so that the countries have more power and land to live in.  

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so that the countries have more power and land to live in.  

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When either it was inevitably going to affect their country or strongly bounded allies are involved. 

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When either it was inevitably going to affect their country or strongly bounded allies are involved. 

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Based on which resources they need -Tyson

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Based on which resources they need -Tyson

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Because they want to conquer more land so they can expand 

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Because they want to conquer more land so they can expand 

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Because they needed more space because there were so many people coming into there country 

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Because they needed more space because there were so many people coming into there country 

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They want their country to be more important

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They want their country to be more important

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If countries are bigger and more populated they have more control and are more important.

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Their amount of land, where water is located

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Their amount of land, where water is located

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Because if it is in harsh locations people won't want to come

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Because if it is in harsh locations people won't want to come

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when it effects the people in their own countrie or in a country that they are allied with-Tyson

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when it effects the people in their own countrie or in a country that they are allied with-Tyson

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What influenced the leaders decisions was the rich people  

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What influenced the leaders decisions was the rich people  

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so they can make allies and so they can trade.

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so they can make allies and so they can trade.

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Better land that's easier to travel on could be more desirable

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Better land that's easier to travel on could be more desirable

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Oceans and mountains may separate certain countries and additionally, a plot of good land for building or farming may be more desirable to expand into.

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Countries decide based on effects of influence

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Countries decide based on effects of influence

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If something is strongly going against their beliefs, a country may intervene. Another reason this may happen is if helping out another country could benefit the helper country.