The passage below is a summary of a passage written by friedrich fabri in his book, does germany need colonies? the book was published in 1879 and identifies some of the motives for european imperialism. "should germany begin on the road to imperialism? i believe we should. for one, we are an industrial nation. in order to maintain our factories and produce our goods we need access to natural resources. resources like rubber, petroleum, manganese for steel, and palm oil for machinery is necessary and can be found in africa and asia." does this quote support political, economic, or social causes for imperialism? use evidence from the text to support your answer. your answer must be in complete sentences and plagiarism of any kind will not be tolerated.