USA HISTORY

Which two countries had become wealthy through creating vast worldwide empires?

(A) Russia and Britain

(B) Germany and France

(C) ** Britain and France

(D) Germany and Britain

Concept note-1: -Imperialism is when a country expands its influence and power into a large empire. Some European countries, such as France and Britain, had created large worldwide empires and had become very rich.

Concept note-2: -The major Allied powers in World War I were Great Britain (and the British Empire), France, and the Russian Empire, formally linked by the Treaty of London of September 5, 1914.

Concept note-3: -What two groups of nations developed? The two groups of nations that developed were the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente.

Concept note-4: -World War I had sweeping consequences for politics and diplomacy in the rest of the 20th century. The war resulted in the collapse and fragmentation of the Empires of Austria-Hungary, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire. The German Empire was overthrown, and Germany lost territory.