WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -ANS: Advances in weapons technology gave Europeans a huge military advantage. The great empires of Asia and North Africa-including the Mughal Empire in India, the Ottoman Empire in North Africa, and the Qing dynasty in China-were weakening, and Europeans took advantage.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the late 1800’s, economic, political, and religious motives prompted these nations to expand their influence over other regions, each with a goal to increase their power across the globe. The Industrial Revolution of the 1800’s created a need for natural resources to fuel newly invented machinery and transportation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Industrialisation created a huge demand for raw materials and led to the colonisation of Africa and Asia for these resources. Industrialisation and technological progress boosted European and American confidence, and national pride. They became convinced that they were superior.

Detailed explanation-4: -The main motivation behind European imperialism during the late 1800s was to capture control over foreign resources like gold, silver, diamonds, rubber, sugar, coal, iron, timber, and petroleum, while gaining access to world markets to sell excess European manufactured goods like guns, tools, and textiles.