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In what year did a military coupe overthrow leadership leading to william tubmans death?
1980
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How long was the rule of the peoples redemption council?
five years
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How long was the rule of the national democratic party?
five years
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What did the liberian civil war result in?
the deaths and displacement of more than half a million people and devastated Liberia's economy.
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What empire was o the decline on 1375?
Western Sudanic Mali Empire
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What happened when regions underwent desertification?
inhabitants moved to the wetter coast
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Where did the people of the Mali empire immigrate to?
the Grand Cape Mount region.
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Who opposed the influx of vai forming an alliance with maine?
The ethnic Kru
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What is "the american colonization society"?
a movement to resettle American free blacks and freed slaves in Africa.
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When was the "american colonization society founded"?
1816
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The "american colonization society" consisted mostly of whom"
people who supported abolition of slavery
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What did slave holders want to do?
to get free people of color out of the South
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rather than emigrate African Americans wanted to do what?
improve conditions in the United States
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African Americans were sent to the pepper coast to do what?
establish a colony for freed African Americans.
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By 1837 the ACS had assisted in moving how many african americans to liberia?
13,000
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What did African Americans who were moved to Liberia identify as?
Americo-Liberians
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Who did Americo-Liberians not identify with?
indigenous natives of the tribes they encountered
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What did African Americans moved to Liberia keep from America?
cultural tradition
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The americo-liberians did not identify with who?
indigenous peoples they encountered,
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What were americo-liberians encounters like with tribal Africans"
violent confrontations.
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Who raided the colonial settlements?
the Kru and Grebo people from their inland chiefdoms.
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What did Americo-liberians exclude tribes from?
citizenship in their own lands
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Americo-Liberians set up missions and schools to do what?
to educate the indigenous peoples.
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Who was responsible for the death of William R. Tolbert?
a military coup led by Master Sergeant Samuel Doe of the Krahn ethnic group
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On what date was William R. Tolbert killed?
April 12, 1980
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Who was also executed on the day of William R. Tolbert's death?
majority of Tolbert's cabinet and other Americo-Liberian government officials and True Whig Party members.
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The coup leaders later became known as?
the People's Redemption Council
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What was the PRC criticized for ?
corruption and political repression
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What eventually happened to the rebels?
split into various factions fighting one another.
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Who intervened in the rebel crisis?
The Economic Community Monitoring Group under the Economic Community of West African States
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What did the economic community monitoring group do to intervene in the crisis?
organized a military task force
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During what period did the African civil war last?
1989 to 1996
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How many liberians died in the civil war?
200,000
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What is "Movement For democracy in Liberia"?
a second rebel group,
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Movement For democracy in Liberia launched attacks against who?
Taylor
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where did peace talks begin between Movement For democracy in Liberia and Taylor?
Accra in June of that year
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Why was Taylor indicted by a special court ?
for crimes against humanity
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Who did the rebels launch an assault on in July, 2003?
Monrovia.
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The 2005 elections were known as what?
the most free and fair in Liberian history
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Who is ellen johnson sirleaf?
a Harvard-trained economist and former Minister of Finance
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Who was elected the first female president of Africa?
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
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Movement For democracy in Liberia requested the extradition of whom"
Taylor from Nigeria
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What was created to address the causes of civil war?
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
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How many counties is liberia divided into?
fifteen
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How many districts are the 15 counties of liberia divided into?
90
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What is the oldest county in liberia?
Grand Bassa
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When was Grand Bassa founded?
1839
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What is Liberia's newest county?
Gbarpolu
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What is the legislature composed of?
the Senate and the House of Representatives
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Who is the house led by?
a speaker
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How many members are in a house?
73
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What are the 73 members of the house are appropriated among?
the 15 counties on the basis of the national census
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What is the senate made up of?
two senators from each county for a total of 30 senators.
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What is Liberia's highest judicial authority?
Supreme Court
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How many members are in the Supreme court?
five
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Who is the head of the supreme court?
the Chief Justice of Liberia
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How are members chosen for the court?
Members are nominated to the court by the president and are confirmed by the Senate
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How long do members of the supreme court serve?
until the age of 70
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What was liberia's score on the 2010 Corruption Perceptions index?
3.3
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What was Liberia's ranking compared to the other 176 countries?
87th
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What did Liberia's score and ranking on the 2010 Corruption Perceptions index represent?
a significant improvement since 2007
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What was Liberia's score and rank on the 2007 Corruption Perceptions index?
scored 2.1 and ranked 150th of 180 countries
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In 2007, when seeking attention, selection or service . What percent of Liberians had to pay a bribe?
89%
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What is the central bank of Liberia responsible for?
printing and maintaining the Liberian dollar
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What is Liberia considered around the world economically?
one of the world's poorest countries
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What is Liberia's employment rate?
15%
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The GDP peaked in 1980 at what amount?
US$496
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What does Liberia's economy heavily depends on?
foreign aid
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When did the Liberian economy hit it's peak growth?
1979
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Why did the Liberian economy decline after 1980?
economic mismanagement following the 1980 coup.
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By what percentage did Liberia's GDP reduced by during the civil war?
90%
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Why was Liberia's GDP growth stalled in 2007?
The global financial crisis
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In 2011 Liberia's economy was considered what?
one of the 20 fastest growing in the world.
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What were UN sanctions place placed on 2003?
Liberian timber exports
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Why were sanctions place on Liberian timber exports?
were believed to be funding rebels in Sierra Leone.
[ "Liberia\n\nIn 2003, additional UN sanctions were placed on Liberian timber exports, which had risen from US$5 million in 1997 to over US$100 million in 2002 and were believed to be funding rebels in Sierra Leone. These sanctions were lifted in 2006. Due in large part to foreign aid and investment inflow following ...
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When were the timber export sanctions lifted for Liberia?
in 2006
[ "Liberia\n\nIn 2003, additional UN sanctions were placed on Liberian timber exports, which had risen from US$5 million in 1997 to over US$100 million in 2002 and were believed to be funding rebels in Sierra Leone. These sanctions were lifted in 2006. Due in large part to foreign aid and investment inflow following ...
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Liberia's account deficit peaked at what percentage in 2008?
60%
[ "Liberia\n\nIn 2003, additional UN sanctions were placed on Liberian timber exports, which had risen from US$5 million in 1997 to over US$100 million in 2002 and were believed to be funding rebels in Sierra Leone. These sanctions were lifted in 2006. Due in large part to foreign aid and investment inflow following ...
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When was Liberia was granted observer status with the world trade organization>
2010
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Liberia has the highest ratio of what?
of foreign direct investment to GDP in the world
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How much money has the US invested in Liberia since 2006?
16 billion
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What agreement did Liberia sign n 2006?
several multibillion-dollar concession agreements
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How long has Firestone tire and rubber company ran a rubber plantation in Liberia?
since 1926
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What is the largest ethnic group in liberia?
The Kpelle
[ "Liberia\n\nThe Kpelle comprise more than 20% of the population and are the largest ethnic group in Liberia, residing mostly in Bong County and adjacent areas in central Liberia. Americo-Liberians, who are descendants of African American and West Indian, mostly Barbadian settlers, make up 2.5%. Congo people, descen...
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What percentage of the population are the Kpelle?
20%
[ "Liberia\n\nThe Kpelle comprise more than 20% of the population and are the largest ethnic group in Liberia, residing mostly in Bong County and adjacent areas in central Liberia. Americo-Liberians, who are descendants of African American and West Indian, mostly Barbadian settlers, make up 2.5%. Congo people, descen...
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Where do the Kpelle reside?
mostly in Bong County and adjacent areas in central Liberia.
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When did the decedents of the Congo and Afro-Caribbean arrive in liberia?
1825
[ "Liberia\n\nThe Kpelle comprise more than 20% of the population and are the largest ethnic group in Liberia, residing mostly in Bong County and adjacent areas in central Liberia. Americo-Liberians, who are descendants of African American and West Indian, mostly Barbadian settlers, make up 2.5%. Congo people, descen...
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Congo descendants and Afro-Caribbean make of what percentage of liberia's population?
2.5%
[ "Liberia\n\nThe Kpelle comprise more than 20% of the population and are the largest ethnic group in Liberia, residing mostly in Bong County and adjacent areas in central Liberia. Americo-Liberians, who are descendants of African American and West Indian, mostly Barbadian settlers, make up 2.5%. Congo people, descen...
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There is high percentage of interracial marriage between what two groups?
Liberians and the Lebanese
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The interracial couples in Liberia result in what?
a significant mixed-race population
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Where do Liberians of European decent live?
in the country
[ "Liberia\n\nNumerous immigrants have come as merchants and become a major part of the business community, including Lebanese, Indians, and other West African nationals. There is a high percentage of interracial marriage between ethnic Liberians and the Lebanese, resulting in a significant mixed-race population espe...
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The Liberian constitution restricts citizenship of whom?
Black African descent.
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What was the literacy rate in Liberia in 2010?
60.8%
[ "Liberia\n\nIn 2010, the literacy rate of Liberia was estimated at 60.8% (64.8% for males and 56.8% for females). In some areas primary and secondary education is free and compulsory from the ages of 6 to 16, though enforcement of attendance is lax. In other areas children are required to pay a tuition fee to atten...
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How intense is the enforcement of school attendance?
lax.
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On average children attain how many years of education?
10 years
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What is Liberia's education system hampered by?
inadequate schools and supplies, as well as a lack of qualified teachers.
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What is the name of the hospital in Monrova?
John F. Kennedy Medical Center
[ "Liberia\n\nHospitals in Liberia include the John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Monrovia and several others. Life expectancy in Liberia is estimated to be 57.4 years in 2012. With a fertility rate of 5.9 births per woman, the maternal mortality rate stood at 990 per 100,000 births in 2010. A number of highly communi...
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What is the life expectancy in Liberia?
57.4 years
[ "Liberia\n\nHospitals in Liberia include the John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Monrovia and several others. Life expectancy in Liberia is estimated to be 57.4 years in 2012. With a fertility rate of 5.9 births per woman, the maternal mortality rate stood at 990 per 100,000 births in 2010. A number of highly communi...
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What was the fertility rate of women in 2012?
5.9 births per woman
[ "Liberia\n\nHospitals in Liberia include the John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Monrovia and several others. Life expectancy in Liberia is estimated to be 57.4 years in 2012. With a fertility rate of 5.9 births per woman, the maternal mortality rate stood at 990 per 100,000 births in 2010. A number of highly communi...
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What was the maternal mortality rate in 2010?
990 per 100,000 births
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What were the HIV infection rates in 2007?
2%
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