"The White Man's Burden"

Take up the White Man's burden--
Send forth the best ye breed--
Go bind your sons to exile
To serve your captives' need;
To wait in heavy harness,
On fluttered folk and wild--
Your new-caught, sullen peoples,
Half-devil and half-child.

Take up the White Man's burden--
In patience to abide,
To veil the threat of terror
And check the show of pride;
By open speech and simple,
An hundred times made plain
To seek another's profit,
And work another's gain.

Take up the White Man's burden--
The savage wars of peace--
Fill full the mouth of Famine
And bid the sickness cease;
And when your goal is nearest
The end for others sought,
Watch sloth and heathen Folly
Bring all your hopes to nought.

Take up the White Man's burden--
No tawdry rule of kings,
But toil of serf and sweeper--
The tale of common things.
The ports ye shall not enter,
The roads ye shall not tread,
Go mark them with your living,
And mark them with your dead.

Take up the White Man's burden--
And reap his old reward:
The blame of those ye better,
The hate of those ye guard--
The cry of hosts ye humour
(Ah, slowly!) toward the light:--
"Why brought he us from bondage,
Our loved Egyptian night?"

Take up the White Man's burden--
Ye dare not stoop to less--
Nor call too loud on Freedom
To cloke your weariness;
By all ye cry or whisper,
By all ye leave or do,
The silent, sullen peoples
Shall weigh your gods and you.

Take up the White Man's burden--
Have done with childish days--
The lightly proferred laurel,
The easy, ungrudged praise.
Comes now, to search your manhood
Through all the thankless years
Cold, edged with dear-bought wisdom,
The judgment of your peers!


The reason that the poem is titled "The White Man's Burden" is that it talks about the time of American colonalization.

"The Scramble for Africa"

the scramble for africa is also known as the race for africa.The scramble for africa was also an imperialist move by different countries to the invade and to take over territory of africa.The scramble for africa was also known as the race of africa.

The countries that attempted to control territory in africa were berlin,britain,france,and germany.The reason these countries were atracted to africa was because africa was untouched by imperialism or civilization also racial and economikc reasons.
the africans were dominated so easily because the disadvantage of weapons,communication,and supply europeans had the upper hand in the matter.
It affected the africans in many ways such as comunication,they learned to spaeak english and other languages also they are more civilized,they now have more material weapons.
The scramble for africa began 1881.

-The Meiji Restoration of Japan-

Japan, is an archipelago due to the fact that it's made up of many islands. Before 1853, Japan was a country of isolation. This meant that Japan had no contact or tried to make any contact with other countries outside of Japan. They believed that they were superior to any other race in the world. What they did not know was that they were behind everyone in technology. It took over two decade for Japan to finally stop the isolation of their country.
In 1853, the U.S. and Japan finally signed a trading treaty. It wasn't easy at the begining. Matthew Perry took steamships to Japan in order for the Japanese to open their ports for trading. The Japanese were shocked of the technology that the Americans had. They were shocked to see that the Americans had technology such as steam to power their ships. They were also shocked to see the rifles and cannons that the Americans had. The U.S. believed that the Japanese ports would be great for American ships to stop and reload in food, water, and coal.

Mountains of the Moon

The Europeans faced a lot hardships as they explored Africa hardships like: storms, sickness,death,starvation,and their supplies.
I don't really know because it is the largest and nature created it to be the third largest lake, plus the part of the river that is a lake was actually conquered by the English, and thats how they got Lake Victoria.
The Europeans had an advantage of the hand over African people because they gave them gifts, had an African tribe, and the king of one tribe became friends with the Europeans.
They were able to conquer Africa because they had stronger arms(guns)than the Africans