HISTORY
IMPERIALISM ASIA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Realpolitik
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White Man’s Burden
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Totalitarianism
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -British colonialism The idea that the British were bringing civilization to the uncivilized areas of the world is famously expressed in Rudyard Kipling’s poem The White Man’s Burden.
Detailed explanation-2: -Because those in Asia, Africa, and parts of the Americas lived different lives, Europeans felt that it was their duty to “civilize” them into western culture and society. This belief was strengthened with literary works such as “The White Man’s Burden” written in 1899 by British novelist and poet Rudyard Kipling.
Detailed explanation-3: -Because of the poem’s influential moral argument for American imperialism, it played a key role in the congressional debates about whether America should annex the Philippine Islands after the Spanish-American War. The phrase “white man’s burden” remains notorious as a racist justification for Western conquest.