Statistics for History of D. R. Congo 🇨🇩

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Authority over the Congo was transferred to this country in 1908	Belgium	100%
River that flows past most of the Congo Basin	Congo River	100%
Monarch who made the Congo his personal fiefdom in 1885	Leopold II	88%
In 1971, the above leader changed his country's name to...	Republic of Zaire	88%
1994 genocide in a neighboring country that led to unrest in the east	Rwandan Genocide	88%
Trans-Atlantic trade that kidnapped over four million people from the region	Slave Trade	88%
The DRC gained independence on June 30 of this year	1960	75%
Name of the Congo state under rule of the above	Congo Free State	75%
Army commander who seized control of the country in a 1965 coup	Mobutu Sese Seko	75%
This MNC leader became the DRC's first prime minister	Patrice Lumumba	63%
On 11 July, this richest province seceded from the Congo	Katanga	50%
UN Secretary-general shot down on a mission to the Congo in 1961	Dag Hammarskjöld	38%
This ABAKO leader became the DRC's first president	Joseph Kasa-Vubu	38%
Pre-colonial kingdom of western Congo between the 14th and 19th centuries	Kingdom of Kongo	38%
Son of the above leader who succeeded as president and called for ceasefire	Joseph Kabila	25%
Leader of the above war who became president and restored the DRC	Laurent Kabila	25%
Leader of the above secession, later prime minister of the Congo	Moise Tshombe	25%
1963-1965 rebellion that proclaimed a communist republic in eastern Congo	Simba Rebellion	25%
Term for an African who received European education or assimilation	Évolué	13%
Leader elected president of the DRC in 2018	Félix Tshisekedi	13%
1996-1997 war started by Tutsis that removed the above leader from power	First Congo War	13%
Group of states in eastern Congo between the 15th and 19th centuries	Luba-Lunda States	13%
Term for a community-based militia group active in the DRC	Mai-Mai	13%
1998-2003 war during which the above leader was assassinated in 2001	Second Congo War	13%
State ideology aiming to create a centralized national identity	Authenticité	0%