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Which of the following best describes the cause of World War I?

A. European nations competed for land, trade, and military power.
B. European and Asian nations fought for control of land.
O C. European and American nations fought over control of the seas.
D. European nations competed over advanced weaponry.

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A. European nations competed for land, trade, and military power.

Explanation: Industrialization and the emergence of bigger and stronger nations had caused competition between each other. The German and Italian Empire were recently established, as for the British and French were old empires with vast amounts of colonies. Austria-Hungary was already unstable and threatened small states in the Balkans which the Russian Empire backed them.
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