History of Western Civilization.

1. What was King Leopold II’s connection to the ‘Scramble for Africa’ and the Congo? How did he profit from the deaths of 10 million Congolese? How was this case of European imperialism similar to that of the British in the Opium Wars? What was different about it?

2. Why do you think World War I was called by contemporaries the “War to end all Wars” and do you think it was a fitting title for the conflict?

3. What are a few of the ways that the Treaty of Versailles and the Great Depression planted the seeds for World War II?