Colonialism

Leopold II was the ____________________.

• leader of the Congo

• King of the Congo

• King of Belgium

• rebel in the Congo

Leopold sent _____________ to the Congo to explore and establish trading bases.

• E.D. Morel

• Leopold II

• Henry Morton Stanley

• Bula Matari

The Force Publique was a

• a group of traders

• a military force in Belgium

• a black military force in the Congo

What item did the Force Publique use to whip people?

• chicotte

• ivory tusks

• whips, duh

• rubber trees

What did the Force Publique do?

• held women and children hostage

• whip people with the chicotte

• cut off people's hands

• all are correct

Who helped to bring down the Belgians in the Congo (must pick 2)?

• Leopold II

• E.D. Morel

• George Washington Williams

• Henry Morton Stanley

What resource was Leopold trying to get out of the Congo?

• ivory and oil

• oil and peanunts

• ivory and rubber

• rubber and manioc

What happened at the Berlin Conference?

• Leopold gained exclusive rights to trade in Berlin

• Leopold agreed to send Stanley to Africa

• European leaders met to divide up African land amongst themselves

• Pictures of disfigured children were shared with the public

What was Ed Morel's job at Elder Dempster?

• tracking Stanley in the Congo

• writing letters to King Leopold

• fixing pianos

• keeping records of arrivals and departures

According to ED Morel, what was being sent to the Congo? What was coming back?

• guns; hands

• guns & bullets; rubber and ivory

• oil; letter and ivory

• military supplies; hands