Colonialism

Question 1

Define colonialism

Answer 1

The conquest and settlement of a weak or backward country for the purpose of settlement by a stronger or more advanced nation
The policy by which the mother country or the colonial power binds her colonies to herself by political ties with the primary object of promoting their own economic advantages

Question 2

What are extractive institutions?

Answer 2

Economic and political arrangements that concentrate power and resources in the heads of a small elite or ruling class, often at the expense of the broader population

Question 3

How was colonialism facilitated?

Answer 3

European colonists chose institutions that suited their interests and maintained existing extractive institutions to extract resources from non-european populations of the colonies

Question 4

What are the impacts of colonialism?

Answer 4

1. Racism 2. Social class structure 3. Maintained dependent agrarian societies 4. Technological deprivation 5. Trade exclusivism 6. Primary producers 7. Absence of foreign policy and relations of colonies with each other

Question 5

What are the legacies of colonialism?

Answer 5

1. Language: the official language of the colony is that of the motherland
2. Systems of government: former colonies use systems their motherland use