Imperialism is the control by one state of all other territories. This is enforced by political and most of the time military means this is called Direct Imperialism. If the imperial power takes over a territory by government or economic process it is called Indirect Imperialism. When this happens the region effected is self-governing but the imperial power is still effecting it by trading relationships.
In Imperialism countries it usually has the culture of the imperialist in charged. Here is several imperialism empires. The French, the Russian, the Chinese, and/or the British. The term imperialism can also be implied to beliefs and knowledge. An example would be the Islam Empire.
Imperialism could have been some of the cause for the start of WWI. Great Britain and France had become very wealthy countries during the 19th century. They wealth came from the control of foreign resources and territories. They had many countries looking up to them such as Italy, Russia, Germany, and Austria-Hungary. All of them had different goals which created tension between them. During this time natural resources in some Europe countries were starting to run out. This made countries want to find different places to get their resources at. This created rivalries between countries.
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