The 17th Amendment (1913) changed the Constitution to allow for the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of U. S. Senators by the citizens of each state.

direct election is the correct answer.  

Explanation:

alaska is the answer to this

well the fact it is basically a peninsula allowed trade to come from many places, thus allowing cultural diffusion to take place. india has seasonal monsoons that merchants travel back and forth from india using the monsoons wind patterns