Question

which of the following figures played a key role in british colonial expansion in southern africa?
a. shaka zulu
b. king leopold ii
c. king menelik ii
d. cecil rhodes

Explanation:

Shaka Zulu was a Zulu leader who built a powerful Zulu kingdom, not focused on British colonial expansion. King Leopold II was a Belgian ruler associated with colonial exploitation in the Congo, not British southern Africa. King Menelik II was the Ethiopian emperor who resisted Italian colonization. Cecil Rhodes was a British businessman and politician who was central to British colonial expansion in southern Africa, notably through his role in establishing Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe and Zambia) and promoting British imperial control in the region.

Answer:

d. Cecil Rhodes