Answer:
c. colonial expansion
Explanation:
Around 1600, Europeans exploited 49 percent of the globe but only 32 percent of the world's land. By the end of the eighteenth century, their knowledge had doubled: 83% of the globe and 60% of the land. This colonial exploitation made the Europeans known to various peoples with different cultures and appearances, this gave them a racial consciousness that they did not have before colonial expansion.
i belive the first battle of the marne did. man, i wish i could have seen that! :P
to take advantage of lower labor costs
Because of low labor rate as related to other nations. In China, it is $5 for Chinese Labor weighed to $7-$8 for US labor. Costs of obedience to health and the environment. Safety is ignored in China. So it causes cost reduction. Mass composition lets China more cause falling costs in making. Raw elements of goods are affordable because of 2 reasons.
1) Most of the material is generated in China itself.
2) Second, due to high demand, they are possible at the lowest price.