How had imperialism contributed to pre-wwi rivalries? how did the war and peace settlement change european colonialism and plant seeds for further colonial discontent?

During the age of imperialism, European countries competed to gain new territories to acquire markets and resources to gain wealth and influence.  The more territories one country control the more powerful their influence grew in world politics and created conflict as some countries saw others as a threat.  When the war ended, many countries were devastated as lives were lost and the economy suffered.  This was especially true to those on the losing.  After many demands were placed on them, they grew angry and as a result this laid the seeds for the Second World War.

answer: the time zones used to be whatever the local authority wanted them to be. one town might have 6am whenever the sun came up and another town had 6am 10 minutes later.  

the trains had a hard time when their orders said to be at a certain point at 6am.  

6am, but who's 6am.  

the railroads got together and set the time zones more or less along the longitude lines across the country.

explanation:

the roman empire began to fall