By the beginning of World War I, about how much of the world's population lived in a colony?

A. one-sixteenth
B. one-eighth
C. one-third
D. one-half

By the beginning of the First World War, the world population was about 1.6 billion. Europe and North America controlled 84 % of the land surface. There were only 35 independent countries and almost half of them were in the Americas. Asia had the largest part of world s population : about 60% and around 390 million of its inhabitants lived in colonies. Also the whole Africa was colonized ( about 4.5 % of the world population ). Therefore we can calculate that about 33 % of the world s population lived in colony. Answer: C ) one-third.

Answered by Vuk15 | 2024-06-11

At the beginning of World War I, about one-third of the world’s population, approximately 500 million people, lived in colonies. This represented around 33% of the global population of roughly 1.6 billion at the time. Therefore, the correct answer is C) one-third.
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Answered by Vuk15 | 2024-12-26