Question

How did imperialism contribute to the start of world war I?

A) Germany was the first to attempt to expand their empire.
B) Germany's attempts to defend newly independent nations spread to the european continent.
C) Violent independence protests in colonized nations spread to the eastern continent.
D) Germany's attempts to build a global empire put them in conflict with other imperialist nations.

Answer 1

B)Germany's attempts to defend newly independent nations spread to the european continent.

Answer 2

D) Germany's attempts to build a global empire put them in conflict with other imperialist nations.

Step-by-step explanation:

During the nineteenth century Britain and France had distributed much of the world. At the beginning of the next century the economic weight of Germany exceeded that of both. However, that power did not correspond to the scarce entity of its overseas possessions (some areas in the Southwest and East Africans, Togo and Cameroon, as well as some archipelagos in the Pacific). Germany demanded a new colonial reality something that tried to prevent Britain and France. This scenario witnessed international tensions, a fact increased by the birth of new powers such as Japan or the United States, each with its own imperial plans.