Asked by Zachary McFarlane on May 26, 2024
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What had changed for European powers in the last quarter of the 19th century?
A) They had acquired considerable colonial possessions in Latin America.
B) They had lost much of their colonial empires in Africa.
C) They lost much of their colonial empires in Asia to Japan.
D) Revolutions had divested them of almost all their colonies in Latin America.
Colonial Possessions
Territories controlled and exploited by a foreign power, often referring to the period of European global colonization from the 16th to the early 20th century.
- Identify and explain changes in colonial empires and power dynamics among European powers in the late 19th century.
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Jasmine WestjohnJun 01, 2024
Final Answer :
D
Explanation :
By the last quarter of the 19th century, most Latin American countries had gained independence from European colonial powers, primarily through revolutions and wars of independence that occurred in the early to mid-19th century.
Learning Objectives
- Identify and explain changes in colonial empires and power dynamics among European powers in the late 19th century.