HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Europe’s poor economy led businesses to seek profits elsewhere.
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Widespread strikes led governments to seek outlets for the discontented.
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Stable business conditions allowed for orderly colonial development.
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Industrial processes fed demand for raw materials overseas.
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Detailed explanation-1: -1) The European imperialist push into Africa was motivated by three main factors, economic, political, and social.
Detailed explanation-2: -In terms of similarities, imperialism for both East Asia and Africa involved colonialism. Second, for East Asia and Africa, the benefits of European imperialism were almost always outweighed by the damage imperialism brought. Finally, parts of East Asia and Africa did ultimately resist European imperialism.
Detailed explanation-3: -The major outcome of imperialism in Asia after the Industrial Revolution was that Japan was forced to open itself to trade with the West. Option C is correct.
Detailed explanation-4: -ECONOMIC motives included the desire to make money, to expand and control foreign trade, to create new markets for products, to acquire raw materials and cheap labor, to compete for investments and resources, and to export industrial technology and transportation methods.