How did imperialism contribute to the start of world war i? a) germany was the first to attempt to expand their empire. b) germany's attempts to defend newly independent nations spread to the european continent. c) violent independence protests in colonized nations spread to the eastern continent. d) germany's attempts to build a global empire put them in conflict with other imperialist nations.

B)Germany's attempts to defend newly independent nations spread to the european continent.

the answer to fill in the blank in this question would be the word resource, it is defined as the money, material or people (since human resource is a very valuable good) that a company or a person has at disposition (meaning they can use the resource as they see fit), to be able to complete a task or achieve a goal.  

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