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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Portuguese transport the slaves?
(a) England.
(b) Portugal.
(c) Asia.
(d) The New World.

2. Where did Leopold get a loan from after exhausting his money?
(a) Belgium.
(b) America.
(c) England.
(d) France.

3. What is the name of the publisher that Stanley became involved with?
(a) James Gordon Edison.
(b) James Gordon Madison.
(c) James Gordon Bennett.
(d) James Gordon Morrow.

4. When Stanley left Zanzibar, what did he traverse?
(a) The Great Divide.
(b) The Congo River.
(c) The Nile.
(d) The desert.

5. What were the two major exports from the Congo under Leopold's reign?
(a) Gold and diamonds.
(b) Rubber and gold.
(c) Ivory and rubber.
(d) Ivory and diamonds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Leopold was described as pencil thin and possessing a large what?

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

3. What job did E.D. Morel work at with Elder Dempster?

4. What jobs did George Washington Williams hold?

5. Before being put on slave ships by the Portuguese, what religion were slaves baptized into?

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