AP Success - AP European History: 'The White Man's Burden' Ideology
Rudyard Kipling, "The White Man's Burden," 1900"Take up the White Man's burden -Send forth the best ye breed -Go bind your sons to exileTo serve your captives' need;5To wait in heavy harnessOn fluttered folk and wild -Your new-caught sullen peoples,Half devil and half child.10Take up the White Man's burden -In patience to abideTo veil the threat of terrorAnd check the show of pride;By open speech and simple,15An hundred times made plain,To seek another's profit,And work another's gain.Take up the White Man's burden -20The savage wars of peace -Fill full the mouth of famineAnd bid the sickness cease;And when your goal is nearestThe end for others sought,25Watch Sloth and heathen FollyBring all your hopes to nought."
Question 1
The poem 'The White Man's Burden' by Rudyard Kipling is most closely associated with which of the following historical concepts?
The defense of absolute monarchy
The justification of imperialism
The advocacy of women's suffrage
The promotion of pacifism
Question 2
Which of the following best reflects the perspective of the speaker in 'The White Man's Burden' regarding the people they are colonizing?
They are viewed as uncivilized and in need of guidance.
They are considered capable of self-government without external help.
They are seen as equals and partners in progress.
They are respected for their advanced technology and culture.
Question 3
The phrase 'savage wars of peace' in the poem 'The White Man's Burden' most likely refers to which of the following?
The military conflicts involved in establishing and maintaining colonial control
The peaceful negotiations between European powers over colonial territories
The cultural exchanges between colonizers and the indigenous populations
The internal struggles within European nations over the morality of imperialism
Question 4
The call to 'Fill full the mouth of famine / And bid the sickness cease' in Kipling's poem suggests that imperialists believed they had a responsibility to:
Exploit the natural resources of the colonies for the benefit of the mother country.
Address the basic needs and improve the welfare of the colonized peoples.
Promote religious conversion among the colonized peoples as the primary goal.
Allow the colonized peoples to solve their own problems without interference.
Question 5
The tone of 'The White Man's Burden' and its portrayal of colonial subjects would most likely have been used by anti-imperialists to:
Support the economic benefits of imperialism for the colonizing nation.
Highlight the successful cultural assimilation of colonized peoples.
Argue for the strategic importance of maintaining a global empire.
Criticize the paternalistic and dehumanizing attitudes of imperialists.
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