According to Berlin, “what distinguished societies with slaves was the fact that slaves were marginal to the central productive process;slavery was just one form of labor among many.”

Germany italy and japan formed the tripartite pact in part because they: a. hoped to convince the united states to stay out of world war ii b. share the ruling philosophies based on communist economics c. resented the agreements they were forced to sign at the munich conference d. believed their territories were threatened by aggressive foreign states