Answer asap ! if a farmer in ancient china wanted rain, why might he pray to an ancestor? a. it was believed that ancestors could talk to the gods. b. it was believed that ancestors had total control of the weather. c. it was believed that ancestors would cause destruction if not honored. d. it was believed that ancestors brought good luck to farms.

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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1 battles of lexington and concord

2 battle of bunker hill  

3 battles of saratoga

4 battle of new york

5 battle of yorktown