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What is the population of CAR approximately?
4.7 million
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Who established CAR's borders?
France
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What country ruled CAR as a colony?
France
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When did CAR become independent?
in 1960
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Who was the first democratically elected President?
Ange-Félix Patassé
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What religion is a minority in CAR?
Muslim minority
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How long ago did people start living in the area?
Approximately 10,000 years ago
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What agricultural job did people settling in the area perform?
farming
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What vegetation helped populations expand?
African oil palm
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What was an imported food that provided most of the carbohydrates?
Bananas
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What important protein helped with expansion of the inhabitants?
Fish
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When did the slave trade hit the CAR region?
16th and 17th centuries
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What is one area where captive slaves were sent?
Europe
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Which people were major slave traders in the 19th century?
Bobangi people
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Who did the Bobangi sell slave to?
the Americas
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What river saw the establishment of a new Kingdom?
Ubangi River
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When was Equatorial Africa established?
1920
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Where was Equatorial African ran from?
Brazzaville
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What plant was mandated to be grown by the French?
cotton
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What important infrastructure was built in the 1920s.
a network of roads
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What religion was spread through CAR?
Christianity
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During what war did French officers setup headquarters in CAR?
Second World War
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Who was elected in 1946 as the first representative?
Barthélémy Boganda
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How many votes did Boganda get?
9,000 votes
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What was Bogandas platform that he ran for?
political stance against racism
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What caused Boganda to leave his elected post?
disheartened with the French political system
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What was the overwhelming amount of votes MESAN captured?
347,000 out of the total 356,000 votes
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How many seats did MESAN win?
every legislative seat
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Who was elected president of the Grand Council?
Boganda
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How did Boganda die?
a plane crash
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Who took over after Boganda died?
his cousin, David Dacko
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What caused a violent uprising?
young students protested against Bokassa's decree
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How many were killed in the April 1979 protests?
100 children and teenagers
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Who overthrew Bokassa after this incident?
France
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Who did France restore into power?
Dacko
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Who eventually overthrew Dacko?
General André Kolingba
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What was inspired by the fall of the Berlin wall?
a pro-democracy movement
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What large country pressured CAR to hold elections?
the United States
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When were free elections held?
October 1992
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Who helped with the Free Elections?
UN Office of Electoral Affairs
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What excuse did Kolingba use to deny the election results?
alleged irregularities
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When was a second democratic election held?
in 1993
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Who became the first democratically elected president?
Ange-Félix Patassé
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What percentage did Patasse win with?
53% of the vote
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What was the winning party?
Mouvement pour la Libération du Peuple Centrafricain
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Did Patasse get a majority of the votes?
gained a simple but not an absolute majority
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When was the new constitution for CAR approved?
28 December 1994
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When did a mutiny form against Patasse?
In 1996–1997
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The mutinies caused what effects on the country?
widespread destruction of property
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Where did the peace corps evacuate to?
Cameroon
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What agreement gave the authority for deployment of military intervention?
The Bangui Agreements
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The failed coup caused what effects?
murder of many political opponents
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Which General was involved in another coup?
General François Bozizé
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Where did General Bozize flee to escape?
Chad
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When did Bozize finally attempt his coup?
March 2003
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Who succeeded in finally overthrowing Patasse?
Bozizé's forces
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What war started in 2004?
Bush War
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In what way did Bozize made his rule legitimate?
Bozizé won a presidential election
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When did CAR ask for assistance from the French against rebels?
November 2006
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How did the French assist against the rebels?
strikes by Mirage jets
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What did the rebels take over?
towns in the country's northern regions
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What agreement called for the stop of Hostilities?
Syrte Agreement
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What did the Birao Peace Agreement call for?
the liberation of political prisoners
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What major group did not sign the peace agreement immediately?
CPJP
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When did the CPJP finally sign the peace agreement?
25 August 2012
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When was the Birao Peace Agreement signed?
April 2007
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Who became president in 2013?
Michel Djotodia
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What was Bozize indicted for?
crimes against humanity
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What mass murder did Bozize commit?
genocide
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How many people were displaced in the unrests?
200,000
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What faction was fighting against the remaining Bozize loyalists?
Séléka
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What national part is located in the South West?
Dzanga-Sangha National Park
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What large animals reside in the national park?
forest elephants
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Which Primate can be found in the national park?
lowland gorillas
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What National Park can be found in the North?
Manovo-Gounda St Floris
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What has threatened the wildlife in this park?
the activities of poachers
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What religious groups operate in CAR?
missionary groups
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Where do most of the missionaries come from?
United States
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What caused most of the missionaries to leave the country?
when fighting broke out between rebel and government forces
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What African country bordering CAR are some of these missionaries from?
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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When did fighting break out in CAR?
2002–3
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Due to fighting, what threatened people in the NorthWest?
risk of starvation
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Who assisted in saving the people from starvation?
United Nations
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Who headed the UN effort to rebuild CAR?
Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon
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When did CAR request assistance directly to prevent war?
12 June 2008
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Who assisted CAR in avoiding war?
UN Peacebuilding Commission
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When was the new Government seated in CAR?
31 March 2013
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What did the former opposition parties declare?
boycott the government
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Who was refused as new president?
Djotodia
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Who would rule the country temporarily?
a transitional parliament
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How long did the parliament have until the next election?
18 months
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What is the per capita income in CAR?
$400 a year
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How is the per capita income compared to the world?
one of the lowest
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What gemstone comes from the CAR?
diamonds
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Which item that poachers kill elephants for can be obtained in CAR?
ivory
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What hinders export?
country's landlocked position
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What type of agriculture is popular in the CAR?
food crops
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The economy grows at what rate in the last few years?
3%
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How many tonnes of Cassave is produced per year?
200,000 and 300,000
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What product is produced that is exported?
cotton
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