<span>By the beginning of the First World War, the world population was about 1.6 billion. Europe and North America controlled 84 % of the land surface. There were only 35 independent countries and almost half of them were in the Americas. Asia had the largest part of world`s population : about 60% and around 390 million of its inhabitants lived in colonies. Also the whole Africa was colonized ( about 4.5 % of the world population ). Therefore we can calculate that about 33 % of the world`s population lived in colony. Answer: C ) one-third.</span>
The British thought they had more supporters in the South
Most Southerners were wealthy people who invested most of their money in land especially cotton farming. This is because there was growing demand for textiles. They also invested in slaves so they preferred shipping via rivers and seas. The answer to our question is water travel.
elite theorists is the correct answer
