<span>An informed reader typically utilizes a variety of sources. It is important to take in information from different authors and publications and then to utilize critical thinking skills in order to best process and make sense of the information. An informed reader also strives to pull from a variety of credible sources.</span>
The correct answer is C, "The empire was expansive, and the geography was varied."
They would feel this because they viewed themselves as the superior race. Using social darwinism to justify their colonization they would go and bear what they called "the white man's burden." They would use improvements in transportation and communication as a reason it was good for the colonized as well. There may have also been feelings of nationalism because of fear of other European nations taking up all the resources and colonies.