Central Africa

An important goal of colonialism is profit for the controlling power

• True

• False

Which statement best describes the role of Belgium’s King Leopold II in the history of Central Africa?

• He sought to improve the working conditions of Africans.

• He was the first European to grant independence to a Central African colony.

• He strongly supported the idea of dividing Africa into European colonies for profit.

• He sent missionaries who converted most Central Africans to Christianity.

How did Europeans often justify the colonization of Central Africa?

• They believed that whites were morally entitled to the region’s riches.

• They promised to share the riches they made with the people of Central Africa.

• They claimed their goal was to promote civilization and to spread Christianity.

• They argued that they needed the region’s resources more than local people did.

Which term refers to the political and economic rule of one region or country by another country?

• monarchy

• dictatorship

• democracy

• colonialism

Europeans sent many _____ to Africa in order to convert people to Christianity.

• explorers

• teachers

• missionaries

• abolitionists

In the Congo Free State, the people suffered severe hardships and cruel treatment under King Leopold of _____.

• Germany

• Belgium

• France

• Italy