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Secretary of State for Education	what was Anthony Crosland's role in government?
Secondary technical schools	Which type of school was not in widespread usage?
Margaret Thatcher	Who was made Secretary of State for Education in 1970?
comprehensive	What kind of school did Thatcher end the compulsion for existing schools to convert to?
Conservative	What party was in power when Margaret Thatcher was made Secretary of State for Education?
1975	By what year did the 11-plus exam mainly fall out of use?
neighbourhood comprehensives	What did secondary modern and grammar schools combine to become?
comprehensive schools	Grammar schools that did not close were converted to what?
Sandwell and Dudley	What are two locations in which all secondary schools were converted to comprehensives in the '70s?
James Callaghan	Who initiated the scrutiny of the educational system in 1976?
Comprehensive school	What is the only kind of school operating in Wales?
Labour	Which political party was James Callaghan a member of?
Education Reform Act	What law enables parents full control over their child's education?
1988	In what year was the Education Reform Act made into law?
specialisation	What concept does the government currently support for education?
league tables of school performance	Parental choice has informed what controversial practice?
comprehensive	All public primary and secondary schools in Scotland are of what type?
specialist schools	What has Scotland refused to adopt?
2005	When was Scotland's latest rejection of the specialist school model?
Scotland	Which country is Northern England's school system most different from?
England and Wales	Which countries have school systems somewhat similar to Northern Ireland?
République du Congo	What is the French term for the Republic of the Congo?
Central African Republic	Which country lies on Congo's northeast border?
Gabon	Whic country lies on Congo's western border?
Cameroon	Which country lies on Congo's northwest border?
Central Africa	In what part of Africa is the Congo located?
Bantu	What language was spoken in the area that became the Congo?
1960	When did the Congo gain its independence from colonial rule?
Denis Sassou Nguesso	Who is the ruler of the Congo?
President	What title does Nguesso hold?
fourth	What is the Congo's rank among other oil generating nations in the Gulf of Guinea?
oil revenues	What income is subject to uneven distribution in the Congo?
Pygmy	What group of people were living in the area that would become the Congo prior to the arrival of Bantu tribes?
1500 BC	When did Bantu tribes arrive in the area formerly populated by the Pygmy people?
Bantu	The Bakongo were a group derived from which tribes?
Diogo Cão	Whose expedition arrived at the mouth of the Congo River in 1484?
Portuguese	What was Diogo Cao's nationality?
commodities, manufactured goods, and people	What did European traders exchange with Bantu people?
late 19th century	When did formal colonization of the Congo River delta begin?
Bantu societies	Colonization reduced the power of what groups in the Congo River basin?
1880	When did the French take control of the region to the north of the Congo River?
Pierre de Brazza	Who brokered a traty with the Makoko people?
Middle Congo	What was the French Congo's name changed to in 1903?
French Equatorial Africa	What group of French colonies was created in 1908?
14,000	How many people are estimated to have died as a result of the creation of the Congo-Ocean Railroad?
Brazzaville	What served as the capital of France in spirit during the Occupation?
Brazzaville Conference of 1944	What meeting brought about changes in France's policy towards its colonies?
1946	When did Brazzaville get its own local government?
the Fourth Republic	What did the 1946 constitution establish Brazzaville as?
1958	When was the Fifth Republic founded?
the AEF	What was disbanded in 1958?
the Republic of the Congo	In 1958, what did the Middle Congo change its name to?
1959	When did the Congo establish its first constitution?
August 15, 1960	On what date was the Congo made fully independent from colonial rule?
Fulbert Youlou	Who was the first leader of the independent Congo?
Alphonse Massamba-Débat	Who replaced Youlou?
labour elements and rival political parties	Who were responsible for the revolts that ended with Youlou's removal?
Congolese military	Who took control of the company during the transition from Youlou to Debat?
Massamba-Débat	Who became president of the Congo in 1963?
scientific socialism	What was a term that could describe the political philosophy of the Congo under Massamba-Debat?
Cuban	Soldiers from which country were brought to the Congo?
September 1968	When did Massamba-Debat lose power in the Congo?
Marien Ngouabi	Who became president of the Congo in 1968?
People's Republic of the Congo	What did the Congo's name become under Ngouabi?
Congolese Labour Party	What did the National Revolutionary Movement's name become?
1972	In what year was a coup attempted against Ngouabi?
March 16, 1977	On what date was Ngouabi assassinated?
Eastern Bloc	Which group of nations did Nguesso side the Congo with?
the Soviet Union	Which Eastern Bloc nation did Nguesso sign a pact with?
dictatorship	What is a word that can be used to describe Sassou's type of government?
political repression	What was an important tool of the Sassou government?
Pascal Lissouba	Who was elected president of the Congo in 1992?
IMF	Who supported the measures of liberalisation Lissouba tried to employ to reform the economy?
civil war	What interrupted the renewal of the IMF agreement with the Congo?
enhanced structural adjustment facility	What does ESAF stand for?
Lissouba and Sassou	Which two figures clashed over leadership of the Congo in 1997?
Cobras	What is the name of Sassou's personal army?
Angolan	What nationality were the forces that invaded the Congo to assist Sassou in taking control of the country?
October	In what month did Sassou regain the presidency?
Milongo	Which politican left the presidential race after supporting a boycott by voters?
seven years	How long did the presidential term become under the new constitution?
January 2002	When was the new constitution ratified?
April 2003	When was an end brought to the fighting between the government and Ntumi's rebels?
Sassou	Who won the presidential election in 2009?
Congolese Observatory of Human Rights	Which group provided oversight for the electoral process in 2009?
very low	What kind of turnout did the Congolese Observatory of Human Rights experience in the 2009 elections?
multi-party	What kind of political system has existed in Congo-Brazzaville since the '90s?
Congolese Labour Party	Which party does Sassou belong to?
Parti Congolais du Travail	What is the French term for Sassou's political party?
corruption revelations	What has Sassou's regime attempted to censor?
France	What country found bank accounts and real estate owned by the Sassou regime?
March 27, 2015	When did Sassou reveal that there would be a vote to alter the 2002 constitution?
third	Which term did the new constitution allow Sassou to pursue?
the government	Who controlled the media in the Congo in 2008
one	How many government TV stations exist?
10	How many smaller stations exist that are not government-run?
Bantus	Who is considered to own members of the Pygmies?
pets	The treatment of Pygmies has been compared to the treatment of what?
December 30, 2010	When did the government of the Congo pass a law to assist indigenous people?
4°N and 5°S	Between which two lines of latitude is the Congo located?

Secretary of State for Education

what was Anthony Crosland's role in government?

Secondary technical schools

Which type of school was not in widespread usage?

Margaret Thatcher

Who was made Secretary of State for Education in 1970?

comprehensive

What kind of school did Thatcher end the compulsion for existing schools to convert to?

Conservative

What party was in power when Margaret Thatcher was made Secretary of State for Education?

1975

By what year did the 11-plus exam mainly fall out of use?

neighbourhood comprehensives

What did secondary modern and grammar schools combine to become?

comprehensive schools

Grammar schools that did not close were converted to what?

Sandwell and Dudley

What are two locations in which all secondary schools were converted to comprehensives in the '70s?

James Callaghan

Who initiated the scrutiny of the educational system in 1976?

Comprehensive school

What is the only kind of school operating in Wales?

Labour

Which political party was James Callaghan a member of?

Education Reform Act

What law enables parents full control over their child's education?

1988

In what year was the Education Reform Act made into law?

specialisation

What concept does the government currently support for education?

league tables of school performance

Parental choice has informed what controversial practice?

comprehensive

All public primary and secondary schools in Scotland are of what type?

specialist schools

What has Scotland refused to adopt?

2005

When was Scotland's latest rejection of the specialist school model?

Scotland

Which country is Northern England's school system most different from?

England and Wales

Which countries have school systems somewhat similar to Northern Ireland?

République du Congo

What is the French term for the Republic of the Congo?

Central African Republic

Which country lies on Congo's northeast border?

Gabon

Whic country lies on Congo's western border?

Cameroon

Which country lies on Congo's northwest border?

Central Africa

In what part of Africa is the Congo located?

Bantu

What language was spoken in the area that became the Congo?

1960

When did the Congo gain its independence from colonial rule?

Denis Sassou Nguesso

Who is the ruler of the Congo?

President

What title does Nguesso hold?

fourth

What is the Congo's rank among other oil generating nations in the Gulf of Guinea?

oil revenues

What income is subject to uneven distribution in the Congo?

Pygmy

What group of people were living in the area that would become the Congo prior to the arrival of Bantu tribes?

1500 BC

When did Bantu tribes arrive in the area formerly populated by the Pygmy people?

Bantu

The Bakongo were a group derived from which tribes?

Diogo Cão

Whose expedition arrived at the mouth of the Congo River in 1484?

Portuguese

What was Diogo Cao's nationality?

commodities, manufactured goods, and people

What did European traders exchange with Bantu people?

late 19th century

When did formal colonization of the Congo River delta begin?

Bantu societies

Colonization reduced the power of what groups in the Congo River basin?

1880

When did the French take control of the region to the north of the Congo River?

Pierre de Brazza

Who brokered a traty with the Makoko people?

Middle Congo

What was the French Congo's name changed to in 1903?

French Equatorial Africa

What group of French colonies was created in 1908?

14,000

How many people are estimated to have died as a result of the creation of the Congo-Ocean Railroad?

Brazzaville

What served as the capital of France in spirit during the Occupation?

Brazzaville Conference of 1944

What meeting brought about changes in France's policy towards its colonies?

1946

When did Brazzaville get its own local government?

the Fourth Republic

What did the 1946 constitution establish Brazzaville as?

1958

When was the Fifth Republic founded?

the AEF

What was disbanded in 1958?

the Republic of the Congo

In 1958, what did the Middle Congo change its name to?

1959

When did the Congo establish its first constitution?

August 15, 1960

On what date was the Congo made fully independent from colonial rule?

Fulbert Youlou

Who was the first leader of the independent Congo?

Alphonse Massamba-Débat

Who replaced Youlou?

labour elements and rival political parties

Who were responsible for the revolts that ended with Youlou's removal?

Congolese military

Who took control of the company during the transition from Youlou to Debat?

Massamba-Débat

Who became president of the Congo in 1963?

scientific socialism

What was a term that could describe the political philosophy of the Congo under Massamba-Debat?

Cuban

Soldiers from which country were brought to the Congo?

September 1968

When did Massamba-Debat lose power in the Congo?

Marien Ngouabi

Who became president of the Congo in 1968?

People's Republic of the Congo

What did the Congo's name become under Ngouabi?

Congolese Labour Party

What did the National Revolutionary Movement's name become?

1972

In what year was a coup attempted against Ngouabi?

March 16, 1977

On what date was Ngouabi assassinated?

Eastern Bloc

Which group of nations did Nguesso side the Congo with?

the Soviet Union

Which Eastern Bloc nation did Nguesso sign a pact with?

dictatorship

What is a word that can be used to describe Sassou's type of government?

political repression

What was an important tool of the Sassou government?

Pascal Lissouba

Who was elected president of the Congo in 1992?

IMF

Who supported the measures of liberalisation Lissouba tried to employ to reform the economy?

civil war

What interrupted the renewal of the IMF agreement with the Congo?

enhanced structural adjustment facility

What does ESAF stand for?

Lissouba and Sassou

Which two figures clashed over leadership of the Congo in 1997?

Cobras

What is the name of Sassou's personal army?

Angolan

What nationality were the forces that invaded the Congo to assist Sassou in taking control of the country?

October

In what month did Sassou regain the presidency?

Milongo

Which politican left the presidential race after supporting a boycott by voters?

seven years

How long did the presidential term become under the new constitution?

January 2002

When was the new constitution ratified?

April 2003

When was an end brought to the fighting between the government and Ntumi's rebels?

Sassou

Who won the presidential election in 2009?

Congolese Observatory of Human Rights

Which group provided oversight for the electoral process in 2009?

very low

What kind of turnout did the Congolese Observatory of Human Rights experience in the 2009 elections?

multi-party

What kind of political system has existed in Congo-Brazzaville since the '90s?

Congolese Labour Party

Which party does Sassou belong to?

Parti Congolais du Travail

What is the French term for Sassou's political party?

corruption revelations

What has Sassou's regime attempted to censor?

France

What country found bank accounts and real estate owned by the Sassou regime?

March 27, 2015

When did Sassou reveal that there would be a vote to alter the 2002 constitution?

third

Which term did the new constitution allow Sassou to pursue?

the government

Who controlled the media in the Congo in 2008

one

How many government TV stations exist?

10

How many smaller stations exist that are not government-run?

Bantus

Who is considered to own members of the Pygmies?

pets

The treatment of Pygmies has been compared to the treatment of what?

December 30, 2010

When did the government of the Congo pass a law to assist indigenous people?

4°N and 5°S

Between which two lines of latitude is the Congo located?