This stanza from Kipling’s poem is most closely associated with the belief that it was the duty of Western colonial powers toAlearn from the people they conqueredBteach their colonies how to produce manufactured goodsCcivilize the people they controlledDwelcome less developed countries as equals

An historian would find this poem most useful to understandAa point of view that opposed Kipling’s claimsBa point of view concerning imperialism supported by some EuropeansCthe economic reasons the Europeans supported imperialismDthe effects of Kipling’s poem in the 20th century

Read the following excerpt from British poet Rudyard Kipling's "The White Man's Burden," written in 1899. What does this excerpt suggest about how Europeans viewed imperialism during this period?Take up the White Man's burden—In patience to abide,To veil the threat of terrorAnd check the show of pride;By open speech and simple,An hundred times made plainTo seek another's profit,And work another's gain.—Rudyard Kipling1A.Europeans believed that imperialist actions should be carried out in secret.B.Europeans thought that imperialism was too violent and uncivilized for modern states.C.Europeans saw imperialism as a selfless activity that would help foreign peoples.D.Europeans felt that all non-European cultures were inferior and should be destroyed.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

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