The Belgian Congo

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Across
  1. 1. Language in Belgium
  2. 4. Group subjected to colonial rule
  3. 6. Resource in high demand, slave labor used to obtain
  4. 9. Country that colonized Congo
  5. 12. Type of government Leopold created
  6. 14. What did the Congolese have to present to the king after firing a bullet?
  7. 16. What tactic was used to enforce slave labor
  8. 17. Another Resource in Africa, used for piano keys and fake teeth
  9. 19. What did King Leopold name the country?
  10. 20. King ____ of Belgium
  11. 21. What motivated King Leopold
  12. 22. Attitude that Belgians had
Down
  1. 2. Leopold's appointed explorer/geographer who set up trading posts in the Congo
  2. 3. How many years did Leopold have control?
  3. 5. What movement was created by William Sheppard?
  4. 7. Journalist who witnessed atrocities in the Congo
  5. 8. What percent of the Congolese population was killed over 40 years or colonial rule?
  6. 10. Type of labor that built infrastructure and economy of Congo Free State
  7. 11. When one country takes control of another and forces beliefs
  8. 13. What country was colonized?
  9. 15. What continent was colonized?
  10. 18. Name of colonizers army