Which of the Following Describes Events in the Kongo Kingdom

question 47

Multiple Choice

Which of the following describes events in the Kongo kingdom in the seventeenth century?

• A) The Portuguese decisively defeated Queen Nzinga, opening the country to Portuguese control.
• B) Kidnapping became so prevalent that cultivators worked their fields bearing weapons, leaving their children behind in guarded stockades.
• C) Members of the Kongo royal family united to oppose the Europeans.
• D) The Kongo kingdom conquered the Asante and traded captured prisoners as slaves.

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