What Was the Purpose of Colonialism as It Was Practiced

question 60

Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of colonialism as it was practiced by the major European powers during eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries?

• A) to exploit the annexed nation's people and resources
• B) to establish a protectorate to preserve the annexed nation's freedom
• C) to form limited partnerships with the annexed nation
• D) to establish a new nation-state

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Definitions:

Natural Selection

The evolutionary process in which individuals with genetically influenced traits that are adaptive in a particular environment tend to survive and to reproduce in greater numbers than do other individuals; as a result, their traits become more common in the population.

Learning

The process of acquiring new understanding, knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, attitudes, and preferences.

Adaptation

The process by which a species becomes fitted to its environment; it is the result of natural selection acting upon heritable variation.

Genes

Units of heredity made up of DNA that are responsible for determining the characteristics of an organism.