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?

a. the congolese were not treated harshly, compared to the american indians.

b. the congolese people understood the sanctity of work and needed to be punished.

c. the congolese had too many resources and had become lazy because of their wealth.

d. the congolese were an inferior people who needed harsh treatment for them to learn how to work.

The correct answer is:

The Congolese were an inferior race who needed harsh treatment to learn how to work.

King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa (1998) investigates the exploitation of the Congo Free State by King Leopold II of Belgium between 1885 and 1908.

Leopold used his personal control to strip the county of wide amounts of wealth, mostly in the form of ivory and rubber. These labor-intensive industries were serviced by slave labor. The locals were forced to work through various means, including torture, imprisonment, and terror.

the answer wold be b) travel among nations should be regulated by an international organization

the answer as multiple choice is c

africa, the second-largest continent, is bounded by the mediterranean sea, the red sea, the indian ocean, and the atlantic ocean. it is divided in half almost equally by the equator. the continent includes the islands of cape verde, madagascar, mauritius, seychelles, and comoros.

africa’s physical geography, environment and resources, and human geography can be considered separately.

the origin of the name “africa” is greatly disputed by scholars. most believe it stems from words used by the phoenicians, greeks, and romans. important words include the egyptian word afru-ika, meaning “motherland”; the greek word aphrike, meaning “without cold”; and the latin word aprica, meaning “sunny.”

today, africa is home to more countries than any other continent in the world. these countries are: morocco, western sahara (morocco), algeria, tunisia, libya, egypt, sudan, chad, niger, mali, mauritania, senegal, the gambia, guinea-bissau, guinea, sierra leone, liberia, côte d’ivoire, ghana, burkina faso, togo, benin, nigeria, cameroon, central africa republic, equatorial guinea, gabon, congo, democratic republic of the congo, angola, namibia, botswana, south africa, lesotho, swaziland, mozambique, zimbabwe, zambia, malawi, tanzania, rwanda, burundi, uganda, kenya, somalia, ethiopia, djibouti, eritrea and the island countries of cape verde, madagascar, mauritius, seychelles, and comoros.

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