Many people believe that the making of maps by the Colonial powers was a more powerful
tool for exploitation and control of the colonies than guns. Do you agree? Why?
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many people believe that the making of maps by colonial powers was a more powerful tool for exploitation and control of the colinies and the and guns do you agree why
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yes I agree with the statement.
The reason are-
1)when European powers colonised the entire contents like north and south Americas, Africa, Australia and Asia they needed to know about the place, their climate, crops, minerals resources and about the people living there.
2)they sent scientific expedition consists of maps makers and others to explore the different parts of the world and prepare maps.
3)these teams fought their way into interiors of continents crossing mountain, deserts and rivers, fighting local peoples to get the necessary information.
4)this information and the maps enabled the colonial powers to establish their rule over these areas and exploit their resources.
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