Postive effects could be that it brings people together, gives them a community for supporting each other, focuses their attention on God. It provides a moral framework, comfort for those in need, the promise of an afterlife... and so on.
Negative effects are that the different religions can be seen to inspire conflict in the world, some might say that they focus people too much on religious things rather than on day to day things (so you lose the plot basically!).
Answer:
1870's
Explanation:
In the Age of New Imperialism that began in the 1870s, European states established vast empires mainly in Africa, but also in Asia and the Middle East.
It created a system in which power and responsibility were shared in a balanced way. They created a Representative Government, in which elected officials vote on government matters and a Federal System, Where power is shared between state and central government.