Which of the following best explains why countries like Belgium became involved in Africa during the 1800s, as mentioned in the passage? They wanted to farm and export the cash crops they grew.
They sought to obtain raw goods to sustain manufacturing efforts.
They wanted to create transportation networks on rivers in the continent.
They sought to develop the continent to create equal trading partners.

B

Explanation:

European industrialized powers sought for African control. This was because they were rich in natural resources. They could export these resources back to their mother country and use them for personal gain.

the  wilmot proviso  was designed to eliminate  slavery  within the  landacquired as a result of the mexican war (1846-48). fearing the addition of a pro-slave territory, pennsylvania congressman david  wilmot proposedhis amendment to the bill.

dylan has written many enduring songs and he has received several awards for his musical achievement;  

any written work with artistic value can be considered literature; especially if such work is publicly recognized, and has had importance and endurance among people; whether is poetry or fiction or drama or even criticism, since it's the transcendence and representation of a culture, language or people in a period of time to more people, using letters (words), regardless the subject.

the nobel prize in literature is given to authors from any country based on a body of work as a whole that inspires and nurses the life of humanity.  

and the work of bob dylan matches that description, therefore is well deserved since he'd created new poetic expressions within the american song tradition, that has inspired and influenced the lives of many people, not only withing the united stated but worldwide as well.