Imperialism & Colonialism
What is the policy of extending a country's power and control over other territories and peoples?
Imperialism
What type of motive included raw materials, new markets, investment, and wealth?
Economic
What was the title used for the ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo?
Manikongo
Which Belgian king personally ruled the Congo Free State?
King Leopold II
What is work that people are compelled to perform rather than freely choosing to do?
Forced labor
What is the practice of establishing and maintaining political control over another territory and its people?
Colonialism
What was the claim/motive that Europeans had a duty to bring civilization to other peoples called?
The civilizing mission
On what continent was the Kingdom of Kongo located?
Africa
In what year was the Congo Free State internationally recognized?
1885
Which two major resources did Europeans extract from the Congo?
Ivory
Rubber
What is a group of territories or peoples controlled by one dominant state?
Empire
Which French politician defended imperialism by arguing that Europeans had a duty to "civilize" other peoples?
Jules Ferry
Which two present-day countries, besides Angola, were connected to the territory of the Kingdom of Kongo?
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Republic of Congo
In what year did Belgium take control of the Congo Free State from Leopold II?
1908
What armed colonial force helped enforce Leopold's authority?
Force Publique
What was the late-1800s competition among European powers for African territory called?
The Scramble for Africa
What ideology misapplied the theory of evolution to human societies and was used to justify domination by supposedly stronger nations?
Social Darwinism
What is a system of exchange connecting different people and places?
Trade network
Which country did not originally govern the Congo Free State directly because Leopold ruled it personally?
Belgium
What term means using force, violence, threats, or pressure to make someone obey?
Coercion
By the end of which century had European powers claimed control over most of Africa?
19th Century
Which British imperialist made a fortune from mining and territorial expansion in southern Africa?
Cecil Rhodes
What term describes a way of viewing history that centers Europe and European perspectives?
Eurocentric
Who personally ruled the Congo Free State as its sovereign rather than it originally being governed as a normal Belgian colony?
King Leopold II
Put these four parts of the colonial system in the correct order: profit, resource, control, labor.
Resource
Labor
Control
Profit
FINAL JEOPARY CATEGORY
Colonial Abuses Exposed!
Identify the author of the 1904 report submitted to the British Foreign Office about conditions in the Congo Free State and name the three main abuses documented in the investigation.
Roger Casement
forced labor, hostage-taking, and physical violence