<span> The four trends that pushed Europe toward war in the late 1800s and early 1900s were:
1- The alliance system
2- Militarism: which means that either the government or the people or both desired to keep a very strong military capability. This military capability was then used aggressively to spread the country's interest and promote them.
3- Nationalism: which means that there was a group of different systems (political, economic and social) working on promoting interests of a particular nation in order to gain </span> self-governance<span>, or full </span>sovereignty<span>, over the group's </span><span>homeland.
4- Imperialism: which means that the country actually expanded its power by </span><span> the acquisition of </span><span>territories</span>
Answer:
Europe: The primary events which led to the outbreak of World War II in Europe were German aggressive expansionary policies in Eastern Europe, primarily the invasion of Poland, which triggered the outbreak.
Asia: The Soviet Union followed with a brief invasion of China in 1934, an event that drove Japan to... World War II in Asia was preceded by a period of expansion by the militarist regime in Japan. Japanese expansion began in China with the invasion and occupation of Manchuria in 1931.
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