GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Imperialism is the state policy, practice, or advocacy of extending power and dominion, especially by direct territorial acquisition or by gaining political and economic control of other territories and peoples.

Detailed explanation-2: -Imperialism is the expansion of a nation’s authority over other nations through the acquisition of land and/or the imposition of economic and political domination.

Detailed explanation-3: -It means different thing to different people” According to Schuman, “Imperialism is the imposition by force and violence of alien rule upon subject people’ According to Morgenthau, “Imperialism is the expansion of a state’s power beyond its borders”.

Detailed explanation-4: -The next major cause was the expansion of European imperialism around the world. By taking over other areas of the world, European countries gained access to important resources and created large markets in which they could sell goods produced in their factories.