Religion / Missionary Effort converting the people of the world to either Catholic or Protestant Christianity <span>Profit / Greed - desire to make money </span> Expansion of Power - expanding the power of the state by having larger colonial empires than their rivals European racial attitudes (attitudes of superiority) - they felt like it was their duty to civilize other peoples the search for raw materials to feed industry (from the Industrial Revolution) - metals, coal, etc. instead of gold <span>searching for markets to export - the markets have the resources and also are the markets</span>
The separation or division that occured between Eastern Europe and Western Europe was termed as the <em>iron curtain </em>by Winston Churchill. The division of the mentioned places happened after World War II due to its opposite and clashing ideologies.