France joined the triple entente because (a)it had a long history of friendship with great britain. (b)it needed protection from germany. (c)its leaders wanted to take over land in the balkans. (d)its leaders wanted to protect french colonies in africa.

B) it needed protection from Germany.

Explanation:

the answer to fill in the blank in this question would be the word resource, it is defined as the money, material or people (since human resource is a very valuable good) that a company or a person has at disposition (meaning they can use the resource as they see fit), to be able to complete a task or achieve a goal.  

first industrial revolution - the first wave of the industrial revolution lasted from the late 1700s to the mid-1800s. it industrialized the manufacture of textiles and began the move of production from homes to factories. steam power and the cotton gin played an important role in this period.