WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Collins English Dictionary defines colonialism as “the practice by which a powerful country directly controls less powerful countries and uses their resources to increase its own power and wealth".

Detailed explanation-2: -Imperialism can be defined as a doctrine, political strategy, practice, state policy, or advocacy that consists in extending power by territorial acquisition or by extending political and economic control outward over other areas.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Imperialism led to the exploitation of natural resources of the colonies. The colonies were used as the suppliers of raw materials and markets for finished products. The colonies plunged into poverty and unemployment due to the disappearance of indigenous industries.

Detailed explanation-5: -Over time, four forms of colonial control emerged: colony, protec-torate, sphere of influence, and economic imperialism. These terms are defined and discussed in the chart on page 346. In practice, gaining control of an area might involve the use of several of these forms.