Homework 4/14

Map:

Why is Russia so massive? And why did they never try to imperialize on other continents like other powers did?

How did Britain gain the upperhand in the most imperialized lands?

Did Japan never imperialize? How did China keep out foreigners?

Pg 913

Kipling uses diminishing adjectives to describe the native peoples, such as "captives", "silent" and "sullen". Meanwhile, he uses "patience" "goal", "peace", "better", and "guard" in describing the actions the Europeans took. This language conveys his sense of white supremacy because he believes that the Europeans are better and stronger than all the rest. He believes that the natives are weak and bitter, but need the Europeans help to save them. He describes that "saving" the native peoples will be a thankless job for the noble Europeans, but it is their duty. This conveys white supremacy because he believes no other race is as honorable as they are.

Homework 4/13

In my political cartoon a man happily walks through with a hat, sunglasses and carrying two suitcases. In the background there are two small houses, with two men out front with angry expressions on their faces. Their feet are chained to the ground, while the man up front walks around freely and happily. They watch him in anger. 

This picture represents the capitulation treaties in the Ottoman Empire. The sultans signed these treaties because they did not want to bother administering justice over foreign merchants. So, this allowed European visitors to be exempt from Ottoman law. It made many Ottoman citizens angry, and eventually the practice was discarded. In my cartoon, the happy man up front is the European tourist while the other angry men in the background are chained to the ground because they are bound by the law while the European is not.