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Which imaginary nineteenth-century scenario represents the motive of 'civilizing mission'?
Which imaginary nineteenth-century scenario represents the motive of 'civilizing mission'?
- Trading goods with local communities for mutual benefit
- Building infrastructure to exploit the natural resources of a colony
- Forcing indigenous people to work in plantations for economic gain
- Establishing schools and hospitals in a colonized region to spread Western values (correct)
Which imaginary nineteenth-century scenario represents the motive of 'economic exploitation'?
Which imaginary nineteenth-century scenario represents the motive of 'economic exploitation'?
- Establishing trade agreements that benefit both the colonizer and the local community
- Promoting cultural exchange and understanding between different societies
- Forcing indigenous people into labor for the profit of the imperial power (correct)
- Providing medical assistance and improving sanitation in a colonized region
Which imaginary nineteenth-century scenario represents the motive of 'strategic military advantage'?
Which imaginary nineteenth-century scenario represents the motive of 'strategic military advantage'?
- Building roads and railways to facilitate trade within the colonies
- Training local forces to defend their own territories
- Establishing military bases in key locations for geopolitical dominance (correct)
- Encouraging local leadership to govern autonomously under imperial guidance
