King Leopold's Ghost Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Adam Hochschild
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 114 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

King Leopold's Ghost Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Adam Hochschild
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 114 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language were the treaties with the African chiefs written in?

2. Why did most European colonizers focus on Africa's coastal areas?

3. What was the name Henry Morton Stanley was born with?

4. How long did Conrad spend as a ship's officer in the British merchant marine?

5. How did Stanley get on board the ship to America?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the Congo Free State in 1908?

2. What was ivory used for in Europe?

3. What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference?

4. What happened to the Africans that other Africans captured and took to the coastal towns?

5. Describe Joseph Conrad.

6. Why did Leopold embark on a plan to gain the Congo as a colonial possession?

7. What did the international organizations Leopold established and then dissolved do?

8. Why did John Rowlands adopt the last name Stanley?

9. Why did President Arthur recognize Leopold's claim to the Congo?

10. When did things change in the Congo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the purpose of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Who was Morel? How did he turn the tide for the Congo?

Essay Topic 3

Why is there a focus on so many biographies in the last few chapters?

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