Why was racism a factor in the colonization of the african continent?

a.
most of the world believed that africans were superior, and the europeans wanted to compete.
b.
most europeans believed that africans were inferior and thought it was their duty to civilize the african continent.
c.
europeans wanted to be able to influence foreign affairs.
d.
europeans wanted control over important sea ports.

Will someone earth science water cycle: will someone tell me how the water cycle works, but in a story? ? pretend you are a drop of water somewhere. (like; "once i was floating around in a cloud" or, "once i was lying in a puddle in the middle of a parking lot.) and tell your life story! and use the words "evaporation" "condensation" "accumulation" "transpiration" "precipitation" and "runoff" tell the story like your the drop of water telling your life story. include all the parts of the water cycle including those vocabulary words above. and !

You could say the relative location of washington, d. c.

What two advantages do the coastal countries of west africa have over the sahel countriesfertile soil and mineral resources temperatures and terrain human resources and natural resources weather patterns and location