which would be the answer?and why
1.fertile land.
2.geographic knowledge.
3.natural resources.
4.workers.
2007-02-24 11:48:47 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
You know, I've never been able to figure this one out. Yes, there are places like the Congo with rare natural resources, and like India, with a developed commercial system and things to sell. But, mostly, it just happened.
Take the US -- a latecomer in overseas imperialism, which should have known better. What we got out of 1898 was Puerto Rico, an eternal dependency; Hawaii, which had missionaries and pineapples; and the Philippines, without our persistent insistence on owning, we might altogether have avoided the unpleasantness of the Pacific half of WWII.
As this seems to be a multiple-choice question, the only real possibility is 3) natural resources.
2007-02-24 12:03:57 · answer #1 · answered by obelix 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
3
2007-02-24 12:13:56 · answer #2 · answered by lcraesharbor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
natural resources for their industry along with markets for their finished product
2007-02-24 11:57:23 · answer #3 · answered by Mac 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3.gold
2007-02-24 11:50:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
you mean when they brought civilization to the hordes of the third world don't you ?
2007-02-24 11:53:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
permanant water supplies
2007-02-24 11:51:35 · answer #6 · answered by paul R 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋