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Lesson 1- The New Imperialism

Question 2 • SA CR World History Semester 1 Knapp

Which lines from this stanza suggest that many Europeans believed that the native cultures of their colonies were inferior?

Answer
A
“Take up the White Man’s burden– Send forth the best ye breed”
B
“Go bind your sons to exile To serve your captives’ need”
C
“To wait in heavy harness, On fluttered folk and wild”
D
“Your new-caught, sullen peoples, Half-devil and half-child”

Explanation

The lines “Your new-caught, sullen peoples, Half-devil and half-child” portray the colonized people as uncivilized and less mature than Europeans. Calling them “half-devil and half-child” directly expresses a belief that their cultures and peoples were inferior. The other lines focus on the burden or duties of colonial rule rather than making this judgment as explicitly.

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