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=The Diffusion of European Culture= =**What is colonialism and what was its role in the diffusion of european culture around the world?**= The role colonialism plays in cultural diffusion is that when a certain country colonizes a territory, their culture diffuses to that territory. For example when Portugal colonized Brazil they brought a lot of their customs. They brought slaves and other products from their home country. This is how colonialism plays a role on cultural diffusion.

What is [|colonialism]?
Colonialism is the establishing, maintenance.and the acquisition of colonies in one place by people from another from another place. Colonialism is a set of unequal relationships between the colonists and the [|indigenous population]Colonialism could be described as unequal because the mother country benefits more than the colonies. The colony exports its raw materials to the mother country and in the mother country the resources are made in to products by factories and are shipped back to the colonies for sale. This is known as.[|mercantilism].

What is [|Cultural Diffusion]?
Cultural diffusion is the proccess by which a cultural beliefs, traits, material object, technology, languages, or behavior patterns is spread to from one society to another. One example of cultural diffusion is the practice of [|agriculture].It is believed that farming originated from somewhere and spread(diffused) to all [|Eurasia]10,000 years ago.Then farming had been adopted by many early civlizations. The most common spread of cultural diffusion is by war, exploring and conquering.
 * What are the major [|cultures] of Europe?**

this is an example of cultural diffusion because McDonalds first
started in America and spread to other countries such as this one

Did colonialism affect other cultures?
Colonialsm often involves killing the indigenous population or make them their slaves. They are forced to change their ways by the colonizing country. Sometimes the the indigenous population will revolt but sometimes they would win their independence. For example the Aztecs and the Spaniards. The Spaniards traveled to [|Technotitlan], the aztec Capital. The Aztecs treated them like gods. They never seen light skinned people. The Spaniards took advantage and conquered them.They changed the Aztec's ways. They forced them to follow [|Christianity]. They brought horses, steel and other weapons.They had better weaponry. This is how colonization affects other cultures.

How did colonialism affect the colonizing country?
The colonizing country depended on its colony for profits and economic growth. The home country's trade growth will rise and citizens from the home country would like to travel to the colony and live there. Therefore the population in the mother country would stay balanced. The colonists might find new resources they have never seen before. Like the Spaniards when they went to America, they saw buffaloes. They have never seen them before. .Tomatoes were were an essential crop for the Europeans. Thats how Italians made pizza. Without tomatoes there wouldnt be any pizza and other foods. This how colonialism affects the colonizing country.

=Conclusion=

Colonialism has been around since the human civilization started. It is an acquisition of territory by another group of people. Colonialism grew more in the 1400's when trade across Europe and Asia grew drastically. European countries wanted to expand their territory and explore new lands and obtain their resources. Some countries were successful in acquiring new lands such as England who colonized in America. Colonialism changed the world as the earth;s population grew and it is still changing today.