Colonialism is the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.
| Settlers | People migrate to colony to reside permanently. Eg: USA. |
| Plantation | Group of people due to geo-climatic purposes – plantation. Eg: Central America. |
| Exploitation | Small group migrates temporarily to exploit. Eg: British rule in India. |
| Surrogate | Colonial power supports local proxies in managing political affairs. Eg: Africa |
| Internal | One group within country dominates others; resources do not go out of Country. |
