Upon seizing control of the democratic republic of the congo, mobutu renamed the country a. rwanda b. the belgium congo c. zaire d. sudan

The correct answer is C. Mobutu Sese was the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, country which he renamed as the Republic of Zaire in 1971. He ruled the country from 1971 to 1997. It is important to mention that the change found its reason as part of a policy of Africanization of the country known as the "Authenticité".

C is correct

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superior technology and improved medical knowledge to foster imperialism. quinine enabled europeans

to survive tropical diseases and venture into the mosquito-infested interiors of africa and asia. the combination

of the steamboat and the telegraph enabled the western powers to increase their mobility and to quickly respond

to any situations that threatened their dominance. the rapid-fire machine gun also gave them a military advantage

and was in convincing africans and asians to accept western control. the following table summarizes the

causes of the new imperialism:

causes of new imperialism

economic military/political humanitarian/religious technological

need for markets need for military bases white man’s burden new medicine

raw materials national security spread of christianity new weapons

source of investments source of

pride—nationalism

social darwinism

(superiority of western

society)

transportation

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c or d. good luck !