Which of the following was a example of how the industrial revolution contributed to the spread of imperialism?
it united european nations
it created a new balance of power
it made it possible to ship goods worldwide
it lessened the need of raw material

The Industrial Revolution lead to imperialism because it gave the motive and the ability to imperialize Asia and Africa. The first major inventions that began the Industrial Revolution were the steam engine and spinning jenny. The steam engine was created in the early 1700s, and perfected in the late 1700s.

Explanation:

it created a new balance of power

Explanation:

The industrial revolution contributed to the creation of stronger European nation. Each nation realized the need for extra resources to keep it moving and being productive. Thus, more power was needed to defeat the weaker nations and exploit the resources. This resulted in acts of imperialism, for example, the division of Africa into 20 spheres of influence for colonization among the European nations.

the correct answer is “opportunity cost”. opportunity cost is what a company misses out because it decided in one option over another one. in this case, the company decided to invest in building a factory so it gave up another possible benefit or profit in order to achieve success with the factory.  

trade-off is not the correct answer since it is a situation in which you accept losing something in return for benefits in other areas.

and finally, consequence is a general term used to accept what it comes when you make a decision. it can be a positive or negative consequence depending if the decision you took was the correct one.  

explanation:

the addition to geographic boundaries that might have  kept the people of the huang river civilization from traveling to far distance region is that they had learned about the other river valley civilizations but feared contact would bring invasion.

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