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Why did Great Britain and other industrialized nations of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries build empires? Choose TWO!

A. Nations were motivated by a belief in their own cultures superiority.
B. To spread the idea that all means of production should be owned in common, rather than by individuals.
C. In order to spread democracy
D. In order to improve their access to important raw materials and natural resources, thereby increasing their power and wealth.

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The correct options about the reasons for building of empires by European nations are:

A and D

Step-by-step explanation:

Two ideas had dominated the need for the colonization of the world and building up of empires all around:

- the white man's burden

-the economic principle of the colonizing agenda.

The first happened because the nations were motivated by a belief in their own cultures superiority. So they wanted to give their culture to others.

The other was an economic concern tog generate profits which was there in order to improve their access to important raw materials and natural resources, thereby increasing their power and wealth.

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