Your text materials are the best source. This article discusses colonialism, which is essentially the same as imperialism. You can also "google" imperialism. Type the word into your browser and click on "search" or press "enter".
Note that there are, generally, two types of colonialism: settler and exploitation. Often, the two work together. The settlers exploit the natural resources, agricultural capabilities, the labor of indigenous peoples, for the enrichment of the imperial or colonial power. Based on your reading of your assigned text materials, you should be able to find examples.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonialism
In Asia and the Americans identify whether political, social, or economic interests were the main motivation for imperialist nations in both regions. Use two examples for each region.
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I think you should also be aware that there is an informal kind of imperialism, too. A nation may, and in the last century commonly does, make alliances with a weaker nation, investing in the local economy or exerting political power, to gain an advantage over a rival nation. That, too, often involves exploitation of natural resources of the dominated area. Such informal imperialism can be for political reasons (as in the Cold War between the Soviet Union and "the West") or economic reasons, as in China's growing influence in Africa today. There are many instances/examples of such imperialism in Asia and the Americas.
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