What responsibility did the alliance systems play in the outbreak of World War I?

The rise of Germany, whose supremacy France dreaded and whose navy menaced [threatened] England, had created among [England and France] an alliance which claimed it was defensive in nature but was denounced by German propaganda an attempt at [the] encirclement of [Germany]. The two-armed camps alarmed each other, and each grew heavy with multiplied incidents, which spread East [with the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand], where Russia and Austria were advancing contradictory claims.

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Which is one reason many african nations have not prospered after gaining independence from european colonial powers? a. colonial powers sent their weakest economic advisors to the new countries, and their recommendations were flawed. b. independence left them with weak economies, and many countries have been unable to overcome or recover from these burdens. c. the desert region of the interior is inhospitable to foreign investors, and business interests focused on the coastal mediterranean cities. d. the money endowed upon independence is still tied up in the bank of england, which is hesitant to make loans to struggling nations.

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