Question

violence and racism, nazi imperialism drew more from european precedents in asia, africa, and—especially—the americas. ‘when we eat wheat from canada,’ remarked hitler one evening during the war, ‘we don’t think about the despoiled indians.’ on another occasion he described the ukraine as germany’s ‘new indian empire.’ but if europeans would have resented being ruled as the british ruled india, they were shocked at being submitted to an experience closer to that inflicted upon the native populations of the americas.”
mark mazower, british historian, dark continent: europe’s twentieth century, 2000
based on the passage, it can be inferred that mazower might also support which of the following assertions?
○ the industrial capacity of the united states doomed hitler’s project for a nazi - dominated europe to failure from the start.
○ the nazi’s ideological approach to empire building prevented them from consolidating their control of continental europe.
○ the nazi’s ideological approach to empire building prevented them from consolidating their control of continental europe.
○ stalin’s modernization policies would have enabled the soviet union to defeat nazi germany regardless of hitler’s policies.

Explanation:

The passage argues Nazi imperialism drew from European colonial models that exploited indigenous populations elsewhere, and Europeans reacted negatively to being subjected to this harsh, exploitative rule. This implies the extreme, colonial-style ideological approach of the Nazis would make it hard to consolidate control over Europeans who resented this treatment. The other options are unrelated to the passage's focus on Nazi imperial ideology and European reaction.

Answer:

B. The Nazi's ideological approach to empire building prevented them from consolidating their control of continental Europe.