PART A: Which statement best describes King Leopold's ideas for the resources in the Congo?
A- He saw an opportunity for personal wealth that would be wasted on the native population
B-He saw an opportunity to increase his country's territory so that his people had more land to cultivate and live on.
C- He saw an opportunity to be a trendsetter in African exploration and gain even more territory for Belgium
D- He saw the superiority of the African continent and a chance for Belgium to dominate world trade

He saw the superiority of the African continent and a chance for Belgium to dominate world trade.

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Explanation:

The Congo became part of Belgium's attempt to be a dominant country in Europe, and luckily, in the world. Acquired the Congo in 1884, Leopold had amassed a huge personal fortune from the exploitation of Congo's natural resources - at first thanks to the export of ivory, but it did not yield as much as expected. As global demand for rubber exploded, attention turned to the labor-intensive gathering of rubber from plant sap. This process of exploration was followed by violent practices with the natives, with extensive use of beatings, killings, and mutilations when production quotas were not reached.