Which of the following statements most accurately describes the European strategy with respect to the government of tropical dependencies?
a. The Europeans exploited longstanding ethnic and cultural divisions between indigenous peoples.
b. European colonialism depended on wholesale conversions to Christianity.
c. They were de facto independent nations with governments operated by the local elites.
d. Colonial rulers tended to favor Muslims at the expense of other minorities in African and Asian colonies because of the level of education of Muslim peoples.
e. In many cases, the Europeans utilized their military superiority to carry out genocide against African and Asian peoples.
Answer: A