COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
Which country occupied most of the Congo in Africa during the 19th and 20th century?
|
|
Germany
|
|
|
Belgium
|
|
|
France
|
|
|
Great Britain
|
Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In 1908, international pressure forced the king to turn the Congo Free State over to the country of Belgium. The newly named “Belgian Congo ” remained a colony until the Democratic Republic of Congo gained its independence in 1960.
Detailed explanation-2: -Belgian colonization of DR Congo began in 1885 when King Leopold II founded and ruled the Congo Free State. However, de facto control of such a huge area took decades to achieve.
Detailed explanation-3: -Belgian Congo, French Congo Belge, former colony (coextensive with the present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo) in Africa, ruled by Belgium from 1908 until 1960.
There is 1 question to complete.