AP World History

Answer - B - By terribly exploiting the Congo, Belgium gained a reputation as one of the worst colonial powers in the imperial era.

Key Takeaway: Throughout the entire Congo basin, Belgian authorities terribly overexploited vines and rubber trees. Sometimes, authorities chopped the hands off of Congolese workers who they believed had not met their required quotas for harvesting rubber. This gained Belgium a very bad reputation as one of the worst colonial powers in the imperial era.