25 pts plz ! perhaps the biggest question in world history is why the balance of power shifted so dramatically in favor of europe and the west instead of the east in the 1800s. one major reason is that select the best answer from the choices provided. a. the east encompasses so much more land than europe that by sheer size and population that it was easily the predominant force b. the british owned much of china and prevented the provinces from working together c. china was so internally divided that development of any one province economically or technologically was a threat to the surrounding emperors d. no answer is correct