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In the text, the author quotes King Leopold, who said that European countries should "open to civilization the only part of our globe which it has not yet penetrated, [and] to pierce the darkness in which entire populations are enveloped." What did King Leopold most likely mean by the word "civilization"?

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Answer: The proposition suggests that European nations ought to disseminate their lifestyle, principles, and structures to uncharted territories.

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