1. Reflection on Yali's Question.

I think that the White Europeans controlled a big part of the modern world because they wiped out large numbers of people in other countries and conquered the land due to their infectious diseases and new technology. The Europeans also came to control because they were already powerful, but wanted to control more land. They had not only powerful and organized armies, something their opponents did not, but they also wanted to expand more than small African tribes, for example. The bottom line is Europeans had the edge over smaller, less developed enemies because of their advanced technology. Their governments may also have added motivation to show their citizens how powerful their country was and that it could conquer and take over other parts of the world.