According to Rudyard Kipling, what was the white man's burden?
A) It was the responsibility to bring civilization (or a European way of life) to the non-Europeans.
B) It was the impulse to evangelize and spread the message of Islam all over the world.
C) It was an emphasis on developing industry so that colonial nations would be able to thrive after the Europeans pulled out.
D) It was the responsibility to educate the local masses so that they were literate and able to govern themselves.
E) It was the constant dependency that the colonizers felt as they provided charity and relief to colonial nations.
Question 2
Why did Europe begin massive colonization in the 1800s?
A) The Industrial Revolution allowed them to develop more weapons and needed raw materials.
B) The countries of Europe had begun the age of exploration, and they were intent to discover continents.
C) Europe was overpopulated and needed to send large populations of settlers to other places in order to survive.
D) By the 1800s, Europe had ships that allowed easy transport, and they were more confident about transporting goods between countries.
E) All of these are causes for the massive colonization in the 1800s.
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