Read the following passage from a book by modern-day author Adam Hochschild describing King Leopold’s treatment of the Congo.“Talk of the lazy native accompanied the entire European land grab in Africa, just as it had been used to justify the conquest of the Americas. To an American reporter Leopold once declared, ‘In dealing with a race composed of cannibals for thousands of years it is necessary to use methods which will best shake their idleness and make them realize the sanctity of work’.” According to this passage, how did King Leopold justify his treatment of the Congolese people?
When Europeans first began to explore Africa, what did they find?
Which is not an abundant natural resource found in Africa?
Cecil Rhodes wrote that he wanted to “paint as much of the map of Africa British red as possible.” Which of the following best paraphrases what he meant?
Africa is separated from Europe by the
By the early 1900s, which two European countries had colonized the most African land?
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Read the following passage from a book that David Livingstone wrote about his travels in central Africa.“The country is becoming very beautiful, and furrowed [lined] by deep valleys; the underlying rocks, being igneous, have yielded [given] fertile soil. There is great abundance of large game [animals to hunt]. . . . We crossed the Mbai [River] and found in its bed rocks of pink marble. Some little hills near it are capped by marble of beautiful whiteness.”
Which words best describe King Leopold II’s actions in central Africa?
Which of the following was a political effect of European imperialism in Africa?
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