PART B: Which TWO phrases from the text best support the answer to Part A?

A
“Although the ruler of a small nation, King Leopold had deep pockets and an obsessive desire to own an empire.” ( Paragraph 5)
B
“He proposed to the gathering to conduct “a crusade worthy of this age of progress,” namely, “[t]o open to civilization the only part of our globe which it has not yet penetrated” ( Paragraph 6)
C
“‘Leopold determined the nature of its administration, and Leopold was the principal recipient of such profits as accrued from the undertaking.’” ( Paragraph 9)
D
“Refusing to be left out of the suddenly widely coveted continent, in 1883 he called an international conference to carve out Africa” ( Paragraph 11)
E
“At Leopold’s initiative, a British firm built a 155 mile-long narrow gauge railway from the coast into the continent’s interior.” ( Paragraph 14)
F
“the opening of African markets for Europe’s manufactured goods added still more incentives for colonizing the continent.” ( Paragraph 15)

A. Although the ruler of a small nation, King Leopold had deep pockets and an obsessive desire to own an empire.” ( Paragraph 5)
C. Leopold determined the nature of its administration, and Leopold was the principal recipient of such profits as accrued from the undertaking.’” ( Paragraph 9)

The central idea of the text was to illustrate how Europeans saw Africa as a land that was full of abundant resources that they could take.

Also, European countries went to brutal lengths in order to secure their wealth in Africa. This was illustrated by Europeans who came to Africa to exploit the country.

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