Which sentence best describes why European powers competed for new colonies in Africa and Asia in the early 1900s? - Europeans wanted to demonstrate their power.
- Europeans wanted more territory to prepare for the threat of war.
- Europeans wanted to help people in colonies become more European.
- Europeans wanted to make more accurate maps of the world.

How did inovations in manufacturing lead to improvments in transportation?

Which of the following inventions most directly allowed ancient farmers to produce a surplus ?

Match the vocabulary word with its meaning. 1. capitalism to change or improve something by correcting faults or removing abuses 2. chattel an economic system based on private ownership and competition motivated by profit 3. imperialism policy extending political, economic, or military rule over another 4. indentured an economic system where colonies supply goods to the mother country 5. mercantilism an agreement committing one person to be another's slave for a certain period of time 6. reform a type of slavery where the slave is the sole property of the master with no rights