All of the Following Are Correct About the European Nations

question 47

Multiple Choice

All of the following are correct about the European nations and their colonial empires during the interwar years EXCEPT

• A)despite World War I, the Europeans had maintained their colonial empires.
• B)Britain and France had added to their empires by dividing up many of Germany's colonial possessions.
• C)the political and social foundations and the self-confidence of European imperialism was strengthened during the 1920s and 1930s.
• D)the political and social foundations and the self-confidence of European imperialism was undermined during the 1920s and 1930s.
• E)there was a rising tide of unrest in the colonial world against Western imperialism.

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A chemical compound with the formula NaCN, highly toxic and used in gold mining and chemical synthesis.

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