WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Southeast Asian economies became based on cash crops. Roads, harbors, rail systems, and improved communication was established. Education, health, and sanitation improved. Millions of people, from different ethnic groups, changed the racial makeup of Southeast Asia.

Detailed explanation-2: -Local resistance to colonialism has a long history in Southeast Asia. Rebellions were frequently led by charismatic figures who drew on religious vocabularies and traditional ideas of power to express their opposition to an alien presence.

Detailed explanation-3: -Though successful in some ways, the policy causes famine and impoverishment. The desire to sell European goods in colonial markets erodes traditional crafts, such as the production of batik and ikat textiles in Indonesia. Regular wars waged to gain control further damage the region.

Detailed explanation-4: -Imperialism adversely affected the colonies. Under foreign rule, native culture and industry were destroyed. Imported goods wiped out local craft industries. By using colonies as sources of raw materials and markets for manufactured goods, colonial powers held back the colonies from developing industries.

Detailed explanation-5: -European political power, commerce, and culture in Asia gave rise to growing trade in commodities-a key development in the rise of today’s modern world free market economy.