This is an excerpt from a british poem called “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. –rudyard kipling, the white man’s burden

which words convey the “burden” europeans had to bear? check all that apply.

a. exile
b. captives
c. harness
d. bind
e. fluttered

A. Exile

C. Harness

D. Bind

The above words convey "burden" Europeans had to bear.

In the poem the poet argues that the brave Europeans have to take initiative and work hard to civilize the uncivilized people. He regard the same as burden for them as they have to serve others and don't receive any thing in return. The burden for them is being conveyed through words like exile, harness and bind. In nutshell, the poet justifies the colonialism through this Whitman's Burden theory.

the correct answer is “opportunity cost”. opportunity cost is what a company misses out because it decided in one option over another one. in this case, the company decided to invest in building a factory so it gave up another possible benefit or profit in order to achieve success with the factory.  

trade-off is not the correct answer since it is a situation in which you accept losing something in return for benefits in other areas.

and finally, consequence is a general term used to accept what it comes when you make a decision. it can be a positive or negative consequence depending if the decision you took was the correct one.