While exploitation of the tropical world for such things as minerals and plantation products had been underway for centuries,industrialization in the core led to
A) a rise in the number of colonies exploited by the core.
B) decreasing numbers of people under colonial rule.
C) declining interest in the periphery's grasslands for food (grain and livestock).
D) despecialization of economies in the periphery.
E) the spread of industrialization in the semi-periphery

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Industrialization in the core led to a rise in the number of colonies exploited by the core. The demand for raw materials, such as minerals and plantation products, increased with industrialization, leading to increased exploitation of the periphery.

While Exploitation of the Tropical World for Such Things as Minerals