Colonial administrations primarily used two methods: Direct Rule, where European officials governed directly, often aiming for assimilation of local populations into the colonizer's culture and laws. Alternatively, Indirect Rule involved governing through existing local leaders and institutions, maintaining some traditional structures under European oversight. Both systems shared common goals of economic exploitation of resources and labor, and establishing political control over the colonized territories. That's 2 down. 3 left today — send the next one.