WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Europe relies heavily on natural resources (A) to fuel its economic development. Past and current production and consumption patterns have underpinned substantial growth in wealth across Europe.

Detailed explanation-2: -Along with the idea of looking for new trade routes, they also hoped to find new sources of gold, silver, and other valuables. Additionally, Europeans saw exploration as a way to bring Christianity to other cultures that lived in other lands.

Detailed explanation-3: -Europe has limited deposits of oil and natural gas, which are drilled for energy and fuel. Russia has some of the largest oil deposits on the planet, although most of them are in the remote Asian part of the country. Russia is also the world’s largest exporter of natural gas.

Detailed explanation-4: -Europe wanted easier access to natural resources, which led to them taking over smaller tribes or colonies. This led to the creation of new markets. Europeans would make the people that lived near those natural resources buy the natural resources. Another factor of imperialism is fractured societies.

Detailed explanation-5: -How did European exploration influence the distribution of natural resources? European nations took resources from indigenous peoples. Enslaved people in Africa fought back to control natural resources. Leaders in South America began to control most of the world’s goods.