Answer:
influenced the culture of regions under their control
Explanation:
A culture will be strongly influenced by the implementation of a strong set of behaviors that most people do on day to day basis.
When European countries colonize the weaker countries, most of them force the weaker countries to adopt European language or a specific religion. Since those are used everyday, a cultural shift started to occurred within the weaker region. Their local/original culture started to be forgotten by the new generation and changed with the European culture that colonize them.
