One of the major benefits of specialization is that: A. countries can focus on efficiently producing a small number of
goods.
B. countries are less likely to experience a division of labor.
C. countries become less reliant on voluntary exchange with others.
D. countries produce a much wider range of different goods.

A. countries can focus on efficiently producing a small number of goods.

Explanation:

Specialization is the process of concentrating on and becoming expert in a particular subject or skill.

superior technology and improved medical knowledge to foster imperialism. quinine enabled europeans

to survive tropical diseases and venture into the mosquito-infested interiors of africa and asia. the combination

of the steamboat and the telegraph enabled the western powers to increase their mobility and to quickly respond

to any situations that threatened their dominance. the rapid-fire machine gun also gave them a military advantage

and was in convincing africans and asians to accept western control. the following table summarizes the

causes of the new imperialism:

causes of new imperialism

economic military/political humanitarian/religious technological

need for markets need for military bases white man’s burden new medicine

raw materials national security spread of christianity new weapons

source of investments source of

pride—nationalism

social darwinism

(superiority of western

society)

transportation

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