PART B: Which TWO phrases from the text best support the answer to Part A? A
“Although the ruler of a small nation, King Leopold had deep pockets and an obsessive desire to own an empire.” ( Paragraph 5)
B
“He proposed to the gathering to conduct “a crusade worthy of this age of progress,” namely, “[t]o open to civilization the only part of our globe which it has not yet penetrated” ( Paragraph 6)
C
“‘Leopold determined the nature of its administration, and Leopold was the principal recipient of such profits as accrued from the undertaking.’” ( Paragraph 9)
D
“Refusing to be left out of the suddenly widely coveted continent, in 1883 he called an international conference to carve out Africa” ( Paragraph 11)
E
“At Leopold’s initiative, a British firm built a 155 mile-long narrow gauge railway from the coast into the continent’s interior.” ( Paragraph 14)
F
“the opening of African markets for Europe’s manufactured goods added still more incentives for colonizing the continent.” ( Paragraph 15