Mostly they affected it through their imperialism. They would colonize and take over countries for resources, and with them they would bring their technologies and things that they needed. After they left these things stayed, things like telephone and telegram lines and similar things. Culturally, they would mostly disregard the local culture and impose their own which would often be accepted and kept by the locals, but often there was also warfare.
The answer is False. Guglielmo Marconi sent the first radio waves across the Atlantic <span />
I would say B) and D) apply to some of the differences between a Prime Minister and a President and also A). In addition, a Prime Minister is head of the government but may not be head of the state which may be a President in the same country or perhaps a Governor General.