Part 4

Question 1

Who is Michelle Bachelet?

Answer 1

former president of Chile
single mother of 3
was former Pinochet POW and left office with 80% approval rating

Question 2

Who became president of Equatorial Guinea in 1970? What did he “declare”?

Answer 2

Francisco Macias Nguema

“president for life”

Question 3

What did Francisco Macias Nguema do/what happened to him?

Answer 3

• lead terrorist regime
• was executed by coup after over 2/3 of country killed or fled
• nephew won a rigged election

Question 4

Who was Albert Schweitzer?

Answer 4

• a missionary and physician who helped set up a hospital in Gabon
• won the Nobel Prize for his work

Question 5

What are the “Ninjas” and “Cobras”?

Answer 5

Rebel militias whom still fight with the government in Republic of Congo

Question 6

“Tutsi’s”:
Fighting dates:
Location:

Answer 6

minority 
favored by colonial rule
tall, light skinned, elegant
fighting from 1959
1994 in just 3 months over 1 mil people massacred by Hutu militias attempting a genocide
(Rwanda and Burundi)

Question 7

“Hutu’s”

Answer 7

majority ethnic tribe in Rwanda

responsible for 1994 genocide

Question 8

Who was Idi Amin? What did he do?

Answer 8

• took over government and overthrew his ally
• started own reign of terror
• 300,000 dead in 8 months

Question 9

Who did Idi Amin start a war with? What happened?

Answer 9

Tanzania
they crushed him
he fled to Libya

Question 10

Who was Daniel Moi? What did he do?

Answer 10

• president of Kenya
• sought to suppress all opponents
• tried military coup after air force; disbanded

Question 11

Who was Bakili Muluzi? What did he do?

Answer 11

• great leader in Malawi
• return to democracy with all the same freedoms we enjoy
• diversified economy and resources
• stable government

Question 12

Who was Robert Mugabe? What did he do in 1998?

Answer 12

• oppressive dictator of Zimbabwe

- 1998 land redistribution took land from whites and gave them to blacks