| Date | May 2017 | Marks available | 15 | Reference code | 17M.3op1.HL.TZ0.16 |
| Level | Higher level only | Paper | Paper 3 (History of Africa and the Middle East) | Time zone | TZ0 |
| Command term | Evaluate | Question number | 16 | Adapted from | N/A |
Question
Evaluate the impact of Leopold II and De Brazza in the Congo region.
Markscheme
Candidates will make an appraisal of the impact of Leopold II and De Brazza in the Congo region, weighing up importance or otherwise of each. Candidates may offer equal coverage of Leopold II and De Brazza, or they stress the role of one as being more significant than the other. However, both will be a feature of the response. Candidates may or may not choose a comparative approach and/or they may consider the social, economic and political impact of each. They may refer specifically to the convening of the Berlin West Africa Conference, the partition of the Congo region between Leopold and the French, the brutal impact of colonialism on the local population of the Congo Free State and renewed colonial rivalry in Africa as a whole. Both importance and limitations in the role of each must be clearly indicated.
