Speaker 1: The will of the people is what is best for society.
Speaker 2: People exchange some of their individual freedoms for
protection by the government.
Speaker 3: Governments should be divided into branches that are
separate but equal.
Speaker 4: Governments derive their powers from the consent of the
people.
Which speaker would Baron de Montesquieu most likely agree with?
A. Speaker 2
B. Speaker 1
C. Speaker 4
D. Speaker 3

Speaker 3: Governments should be divided into branches that are

separate but equal.

Explanation:

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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