WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the process of taking land by military force or diplomacy for the benefit of the mother country?
A
Imperialism
B
Militarism
C
Alliances
D
Nationalism
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -When a country uses its military power to run another country or form a government over there in its (dominant country) favour, it is called military imperialism. For example the USA’s invasion against Iraq.

Detailed explanation-2: -Imperialism is the practice, theory or attitude of maintaining or extending power, particularly through expansionism, employing hard power (economic and military power), but also soft power (cultural and diplomatic power), establishing or maintaining a hegemony and a more or less formal empire.

Detailed explanation-3: -Colonialism is the act of power and domination of one nation, by acquiring or maintaining full or partial political control over another sovereign nation. The country or nation which comes under the control of another foreign nation, is known as a colony of that dominating country.

Detailed explanation-4: -To establish control of an area, Europeans used different techniques. Over time, four forms of colonial control emerged: colony, protec-torate, sphere of influence, and economic imperialism.

Detailed explanation-5: -conquest, in international law, the acquisition of territory through force, especially by a victorious state in a war at the expense of a defeated state. An effective conquest takes place when physical appropriation of territory (annexation) is followed by “subjugation” (i.e., the legal process of transferring title).

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