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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7, 8, and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did most European colonizers focus on Africa's coastal areas?
(a) They had more riches.
(b) They were immediately accessible.
(c) The local people were friendlier.
(d) The coast was cheaper to colonize.

2. Where did Leopold send Gerson Bleichröd?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) Germany.
(c) Finland.
(d) Poland.

3. When Williams was in the Congo, what did he write?
(a) Newspaper articles.
(b) Books.
(c) Letters.
(d) Magazine articles.

4. What was the name of the Portuguese explorer who sailed along the west coast of Africa in the 1480s?
(a) Divala Cao.
(b) Disarro Cao.
(c) Diresus Cao.
(d) Diogo Cao.

5. Where was Stanley born?
(a) Wales.
(b) Scotland.
(c) London.
(d) Edinburough.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of ivory did Stanley transport out of the Congo?

2. What job did Conrad have in 1980 on the Congo River?

3. How many Africans attended the Berlin Conference?

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

5. What were the two major exports from the Congo under Leopold's reign?

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