COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Quinine
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Steamboat
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Machine Gun
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The discovery that quinine could be used to prevent malaria allowed Europeans to enter Africa in large numbers for the first time. The invention of the breech loader, smokeless powder, and the machine gun widened the firearms gap and made colonial conquests easier than ever before.
Detailed explanation-2: -The 15th edition of the Global Innovation Index (pdf) released recently by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) ranks Mauritius, South Africa, and Morocco, which have significantly moved up closer to developed economies in the rankings over the past few years, as the most innovative African countries.
Detailed explanation-3: -Key Examples of African Innovation One of the most successful examples of African innovation involves the use of mobile money, particularly Kenya’s M-Pesa, operated by the telecommunications provider, Safaricom, which is (’pesa’ is Swahili for ‘money’).