What's the second largest country in Africa?
The DRC
What's one other name for it?
East Congo
And another?
The Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Is it also called the Congo?
yes
When did humans first settle in it?
around 90,000 years ago.
When was European exploration of it carried out?
In the 1870s,
Led by whom?
Henry Morton Stanley
Sonsored by whom?
The King
What was the King's name?
King Leopold II
Which country was he king of?
Belgium.
Where did Leopold get the right to the Congo?
the Conference of Berlin
When was that?
1885
While he held it, what was the military unit there called?
yes
Was it his private property then?
yes
What did the Force Publique make people do?
produce rubber
Did millions of these people die?
yes
How did Belgium get the Belgian Congo?
annexed it
From whom?
Leopold
When?
In 1908
Was Belgium reluctant to do this at first?
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