Plz select from a or b ! why did imperialism cause conflicts between regional groups? a. european countries used cultural differences to increase local rivalries for their own purposes. b. the local groups could not work together to govern themselves.

The correct answer is A) European countries used cultural differences to increase local rivalries for their own purposes.

Imperialism caused conflicts between regional groups to increase local rivalries for their own purposes.

Powerful European nations used the old adage of "Split and conquer" to divide other countries using cultural differences to increase the local rivalries that already existed. This way, with a nation, divided from the inside, it was easier for them to conquer, dominate or oppress them. With this scenario, imperialistic goals and expansionist ideas were easy to implement in many territories.

for this case we have the following equation:

we apply distributive property to the terms within parentheses.

subtracting 2 on both sides of the equation:

president carter called the victims of kidnapping "victims of terrorism and anarchy" and added that the united states was not going to give in to blackmail. in the united states, they see hostage-taking as an outrage on the part of the islamist movement that violated the principle of international law on the immunity and inviolability of diplomats and their embassies.

carter refused to yield to the demands, khomeini used the situation to consolidate his power and nullify the challenges of the moderate wing of his government, headed by its president. the euphoria over the humiliation of the most powerful nation distracted the iranian people from the economic difficulties of their country. carter, in april 1980, broke diplomatic relations with iran and imposed a trade embargo, except medicine and food. iranian funds in the us they were frozen and accounted for to compensate the hostages when they were released and to pay the demands of us companies against iran.