SSWH.H.44.a Which of the following BEST describes Japan and Germany's rise as modern nation-states? Colonies in Africa helped put them on the map with other world powers. Pressure from foreign powers was a motivation for major change. Emperors were removed to make way for more democratic governments. They reached the power of the other industrialized nations in only a few decades.

SSWH.H.44.a Which of the following BEST describes Japan and Germany's rise as modern nation-states? Colonies in Africa helped put them on the map with other world powers. Pressure from foreign powers was a motivation for major change. Emperors were removed to make way for more democratic governments. They reached the power of the other industrialized nations in only a few decades.