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How did industrialization create an imbalance in global wealth?(1 point)
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Demand for raw materials and markets fueled imperialism and resulted in colonies becoming dependent on their colonizers, preventing them from industrializing.
Demand for raw materials and markets fueled imperialism and resulted in colonies becoming dependent on their colonizers, preventing them from industrializing.

The countries with industry needed labor, so they immigrated people from unindustrialized countries and the reduced populations caused their economies to fall.
The countries with industry needed labor, so they immigrated people from unindustrialized countries and the reduced populations caused their economies to fall.

Eventually, industrialized countries ran out of raw materials and had to rely on the unindustrialized countries for food.
Eventually, industrialized countries ran out of raw materials and had to rely on the unindustrialized countries for food.

Countries with desirable raw materials were powerful because industrialized countries relied on them, causing them to become wealthy.

Answer 1

The most accurate response to how industrialization created an imbalance in global wealth is:

Demand for raw materials and markets fueled imperialism and resulted in colonies becoming dependent on their colonizers, preventing them from industrializing.

This statement highlights how industrialized nations exploited resources from colonies while stifling their development, leading to an unbalanced distribution of wealth globally.