Fill in the Blank: To ensure that wealth extraction was __________, empires shaped legal systems to include forced labor and special privileges for imperial traders.

systematic

voluntary

accidental

temporary

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From an economic perspective, why did the "profits flow outward" from colonised regions?

According to the text, why do many modern postcolonial countries still rely on specific export crops today?

In the 20th century, international aid began to be used as 'soft power,' which means it was used by nations to:

Fill in the Blank: To address a trade imbalance with China in the 1800s, the British East India Company produced __________ in India to sell illegally to the Chinese market.

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Because colonies refused to accept foreign currency

Because transport costs for raw materials were higher than the value of the goods

Because colonial leaders reinvested all wealth into local education

Because wealth was transferred to imperial centres rather than being reinvested locally

Because global demand for those crops has increased tenfold

Because they have the only climate suitable for those crops

Because their economies were restructured around imperial needs

Because local farmers prefer growing cash crops over food

Establish permanent military bases in developing regions

Replace all existing trade agreements with charity

Shape global relationships and influence other countries without military force

Directly govern the internal politics of other nations

Opium

Cotton

Rubber

Tea