WORLD HISTORY

WORLD WAR II

DECOLONIZATION PHASE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The belief that Europeans should bring civilization to other people was called
A
nationalism
B
colonialism
C
imperialism
D
White Man’s Burden
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -noun. : a duty formerly asserted by white people to manage the affairs of nonwhite people whom they believed to be less developed.

Detailed explanation-2: -In February 1899, British novelist and poet Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem entitled “The White Man’s Burden: The United States and The Philippine Islands.” In this poem, Kipling urged the U.S. to take up the “burden” of empire, as had Britain and other European nations.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1899, Rudyard Kipling, a famed English poet, had his poem “The White Man’s Burden” published in McClure’s, a monthly magazine popular at the turn of the 20th century.

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