WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Through the use of direct military force, economic spheres of influence, and annexation, European countries dominated the continents of Africa and Asia. By 1914, Great Britain controlled the largest number of colonies, and the phrase, “the sun never sets on the British Empire, ” described the vastness of its holdings.

Detailed explanation-2: -Great Britain was the largest trading country in Europe. Great Britain had the most colonies in Africa and Asia.

Detailed explanation-3: -The British had competed with Portuguese, Spanish and Dutch for their interests in Asia since the early 17th century and by the mid-19th century held much of India (via the British East India Company), as well as Burma, Ceylon, Malaya and Singapore.

Detailed explanation-4: -Great Britain, France, Spain, the Netherlands, and the United States were the imperialist countries that had colonies in Southeast Asia.