Takeover of a territory by another country.

• A. Reserve
• B. Migration
• C. Annexation
• D. Assimilation

Answer: (C)

Annexation is the act of one country taking control of another territory and making it part of its own borders. This is exactly what happens when a state extends its sovereignty over land that was previously outside its jurisdiction, often through political agreement or force, and then governs that land as part of the nation.

Think of it as adding new land to a country, with the same laws and government now applying there. It’s about sovereignty and boundaries, not about people moving or adapting cultures.

The other terms fit different ideas: a reserve is land set aside for Indigenous communities, not about acquiring new territory by another country; migration is people moving from one place to another; assimilation is when a group adopts the customs of the dominant culture. None of these describe a country taking over land and incorporating it into its state in the way annexation does.