Answer: The answer would be your first answer option.
Explanation: The information given in your first option goes with the explanation of the example in the sentence.
The primary factor that allowed Egypt to conquer Kush and take control of land east of the Mediterranean Sea was a strong naval military advantage.
The answer should be false.
Regional diversity affected the development of Islam because as Islam spread it went to numerous culturally diverse regions. These regions and peoples adopted Islam and developed the religion differently. From regions as wide as West Africa to Indonesia, Islam took on unique forms because of the people who took up the religion and adapted the religion along the way.
It was a phrase used to justify European Imperialism in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The phrase implies that imperialism was motivated by a high-minded desire of whites to uplift people of color.