GK
WORLD HISTORY
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to gain raw materials
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to spread Christianity
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To show national pride
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To build factories there
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Detailed explanation-1: -Many countries in the world experienced imperialism when they were taken over and ruled by a more powerful country. The main motive for imperialism was to obtain and control a supply of raw materials for industries. This meant that a weaker country with abundant natural resources would be colonised.
Detailed explanation-2: -ECONOMIC motives included the desire to make money, to expand and control foreign trade, to create new markets for products, to acquire raw materials and cheap labor, to compete for investments and resources, and to export industrial technology and transportation methods.
Detailed explanation-3: -The powerful industrialized nation dominated the political, cultural, and economic affairs of the non-industrialized nations they conquered. because industrialized nations needed natural resources to fuel their factories and markets to sell their goods.