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Zorluk: ZorEconomic Imperialism

The passage below is an excerpt from a report by a British diplomat stationed in Tehran, Persia (modern-day Iran), written in 1891.

"The concession of the tobacco monopoly has caused an extraordinary stir in Persia. It is viewed by the merchants and the Shia clergy as a surrender of the national resources to the foreigner. The people feel that their country is being sold bit by bit, not by conquest of arms, but by the signing of agreements that place their daily commerce under the control of British agents."

The grievances expressed by the Persian population in the passage are best understood as a reaction to which of the following nineteenth-century processes?

  1. The use of economic concessions and foreign investment by industrialized nations to dominate non-industrialized states without formal annexationCevap
  2. B
    The establishment of direct administrative control and territorial colonization by Western European empires
  3. C
    The revival of early modern mercantilist systems designed to restrict all colonies to trading only with their mother country
  4. D
    The successful implementation of state-sponsored industrialization programs to achieve economic self-sufficiency

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The use of economic concessions and foreign investment by industrialized nations to dominate non-industrialized states without formal annexation
The correct option is correct because the Persian Tobacco Protest of 1891 was a response to economic imperialism. During the nineteenth century, industrialized nations used economic tools such as concessions, spheres of influence, and monopolistic trade agreements to exploit and dominate non-industrialized nations without the cost of direct political administration or formal territorial annexation.

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1
Analyze the historical context of the stimulus.
The passage describes the 1891 Tobacco Protest in Persia, where the population resisted a tobacco concession granted to a British citizen.
Understanding the specific historical event helps identify the broader global process it represents.
2
Identify the mechanism of foreign influence mentioned in the source.
The diplomat notes that foreign control is established 'not by conquest of arms, but by the signing of agreements' that place commerce under foreign agents.
This highlights the distinction between direct military conquest (colonization) and indirect economic control (economic imperialism).
3
Correlate the mechanism with the correct historical term.
The combination of economic concessions, commercial agreements, and foreign domination over a sovereign state is defined as economic imperialism.
This leads directly to the identification of the correct option.

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