According to this passage, how did king leopold justify his treatment of the congolese people? “talk of the lazy native accompanied the entire european land grab in africa, just as it had been used to justify the conquest of the americas. to an american reporter leopold once declared, ‘in dealing with a race composed of cannibals for thousands of years it is necessary to use methods which will best shake their idleness and make them realize the sanctity of work’.”
a. the congolese were not treated harshly, compared to the american indians.
b. the congolese people understood the sanctity of work and needed to be punished.
c. the congolese had too many resources and had become lazy because of their wealth.
d. the congolese were an inferior people who needed harsh treatment for them to learn how to work.

According to this passage, King Leopold justified his treatment by implying that the Congolese were an inferior people who needed harsh treatment for them to learn how to work.

From the statement of the King, the Congolese were cannibals. By calling them this he has implied that the race were not good enough humans

Also he said that the best way to get them to work was by using methods that would shake off idleness. This implies that he wanted to use harsh methods on the people.

In conclusion the answer to this question is option D.

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It is: "The Congolese were an inferior race who needed harsh treatment to learn how to work."

7. which was not an important advance made by the maya:

-deviced and accurate map of the world.

8. what was justinian code:

-a single, consistent set of laws for the byzantine empire.

9. which describes what theodora achieved as justinian´s most trusted adviser:

-getting laws passed to give married women more rights and to protect divorced women.

10. what caused the christian church to divide into two branches- the eastern orthodox church and the catholic church:                                             -differences in language, liturgy, and views on religious icons.

11. what was a result of the work done by the monks cyril and methodius:       - orthodox christianity spread to slavic cultures.

12. which is true about byzantine culture:

-it was a blend of greco-roman and persian culture.

13. which was not a major accomplishment of byzantine culture:

-the reconstruction of moscow

14. which group invaded the slavic homeland beginning in the ninth century:

-varangians

15. what did vladimir, prince of kiev, do in 988 to unify his people:       - he converted to orthodox christianity

16. what is the name of the book in which muhammad ´s words and teaching were collected:

-quran

17. what is the hajj:

-the pilgrimage to mecca that all muslims must undertake if possible

18. which accurately describes islamic belief:

-muhammad is god´s only prophet.

19. what happened to islam after the death of muhammad:

-it was practiced by only few people in small parts of the world

20. which region shows the extent of islamic territory 100 years after muhhamed´s death:

-egypt, mesopotamia, persia.(b)

21. which led to the division between sunni and shia following the death of muhammed:

-conflict over who should be the caliph

22. the muslims achieved many spectacular advances, which was not one of them:

-they created the justinian´s code.

the correct option is a

explanation:

the movement mainly consisted of white farmers from the south who sought the relieve of farmers from their hardship. hope this !

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