Question

Which of the following were one military advantage of western nations in the late 1800s that helped them colonize much of the world?
a. tanks
b. machine guns
c.poison gas weapons

Answer 1

B. tanks and chemical weapons had not been developed yet during the peak of colonialism, only in ww1 and ww1. 

Answer 2

Correct answer choice is:

B. Machine guns.

The machine gun, that therefore came to intimidate and even to encapsulate the battlefields of warfare One, was a reasonably primitive device once the general war began in August 1914. Machine guns of all armies were for the most part of the significant selection and unquestionably ill-suited to immovability to be used by speedily advancing army unit troops.