Which action best illustrates france’s mission civilisatrice?
a) bringing running water to remote villages
b) teaching reading to city schoolchildren
c) making farmers plant crops to feed more people
d) putting classic art pieces in major museums

The correct answer to the question: Which action best illustrates France´s mission civilisatrice, would be, A: Bringing running water to remote villages.

Explanation:

The French Mission Civilisatrice, also known as the Civilizing mission, was a system that was adopted by both French and Portuguese colonizers, and their governments, to justify the process of intervention and colonization of countries and nations that were considered uncivilized, or barbaric, and which needed, in their eyes, to be civilized. This happened between the 15th and 20th centuries and the purposes of this process were to: bring Christianity to these barbaric lands and generate a process of assimilation, or westernization, for these peoples´ greater good. Because unsanitary conditions, and the lack of certain services, like running water, would be considered by the French as part of the "backward" state of their colonies, it became their duty to correct such a problem by building acueducts and systems that ensured water supply to remote places. This is why the answer is A.

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the answer is definitley b!