Question

How did advances in military technology help enable imperialism?(1 point)
Responses

Quinine made weapons much more effective by making firing easier and faster.
Quinine made weapons much more effective by making firing easier and faster.

Rifles and machine guns were more effective and required fewer troops to conquer territories.
Rifles and machine guns were more effective and required fewer troops to conquer territories.

Sailing ships easily navigated rivers, allowing inland territories to be conquered.
Sailing ships easily navigated rivers, allowing inland territories to be conquered.

Bayonets and muskets fired more quickly, making weaponry more effective.

Answer 1

Rifles and machine guns were more effective and required fewer troops to conquer territories.

These weapons (e.g., repeating rifles and the Maxim gun) gave European armies much greater firepower and range, allowing small forces to defeat much larger indigenous armies and so facilitate imperial expansion.