Due yesterday! (xd) 100 points! 1: russia has thousands of miles of coastline. why do you think it has very few major port cities? 2: there are two major branches of islam. write a short paragraph identifying the two branches. explain why islam split and describe the relationship between the two branches, then and now. 3: leaders in japan decided to cut off contact with other countries. they closed their borders and turned inward. explain their reasons for doing so and name at least two results of their decisions.

1.Possibly because the ocean is frozen in the north and it is too cold with no goods to ship.

2.After the death of the Muslim prophet Muhammad in the early seventh century, the roughly 100,000 Muslims he left behind needed to choose a new leader for their young Islamic state. The majority of Muslims chose Abu Bakr, one of Muhammad's companions, to lead them. However, a smaller group argued that Ali, Muhammad's son-in-law and cousin, should become the new head. This disagreement led to a split within Islam into the two major sects that remain divided today: Sunni and Shia.

3.They built  the great wall of china to block others from invaded there country and as result the got there privacy and also still have a great wall of china from long time ago