Which describes the effect of militarism in the years leading up to world war 1

a. african colonies revolted against their european rulers

b. countries built large armies and stockpiled powerful weapons

c. european nations joined the league of nations

d. germany ignored its navy in order to build a stronger army

B

Explanation:

Because without the building of the military during this time in each nation WW1 wouldn't have even began because militarism is one of the main reasons the "war to end all wars" wouldn't have began. Obviously the assassination of archduke Ferdinand had a MAJOR factor but yknow.

the answer is b because when you think of militarism just think about army and weapons and stuff like that

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