Beginning in the 1500s, European nations conquered most of Southeast Asia to set up _______. They built ports and cities to export the region’s _______ for their own benefit.

Question

Beginning in the 1500s, European nations conquered most of Southeast Asia to set up _______. They built ports and cities to export the region’s _______ for their own benefit.

Options to fill in the blanks:

alliances 
colonies
 belief systems
natural resources
 technologies

GPT-4o mini · Answer

Beginning in the 1500s, European nations conquered most of Southeast Asia to set up **colonies**. They built ports and cities to export the region’s **natural resources** for their own benefit.