Which of the following individuals were born BEFORE Christ? * Lao Tzu
Muhammad
Confucius
Siddhartha Gautama (The Buddha)
All of the above
None of the above

Explanation:

Lao Tzu was a Chinese philosopher but his birth year is unclear. It is estimated however, that he lived between the 6th and 4th century BCs which would mean he was born at least 400 years before the birth of Christ.

Confucius is one of the most famous philosophers to ever live. He was born in the year 551 BC around present day Shandong, China

Siddhartha Gautama who is the founder of Buddhism, was born centuries before Christ between the 6th century and 5th century BCs.

b)

it created free trade throughout the colonial territories.

superior technology and improved medical knowledge to foster imperialism. quinine enabled europeans

to survive tropical diseases and venture into the mosquito-infested interiors of africa and asia. the combination

of the steamboat and the telegraph enabled the western powers to increase their mobility and to quickly respond

to any situations that threatened their dominance. the rapid-fire machine gun also gave them a military advantage

and was in convincing africans and asians to accept western control. the following table summarizes the

causes of the new imperialism:

causes of new imperialism

economic military/political humanitarian/religious technological

need for markets need for military bases white man’s burden new medicine

raw materials national security spread of christianity new weapons

source of investments source of

pride—nationalism

social darwinism

(superiority of western

society)

transportation

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