Mobutu Sese Seko

Question 1

How did he rule?

Answer 1

A president who was in favour of democracy but rude as a dictator

Question 2

What did he do to all of the political parties?

Answer 2

Got rid of all

Question 3

What was his party?

Answer 3

Popular Movement of Revolution (MPR)

Question 4

How long did he rule for?

Answer 4

Won 1970 election - seven year term

Question 5

What happened during his rule?

Answer 5

They were many human rights violations and he cruelly suppressed his enemies

Question 6

What did he use many intelligence agencies for?

Answer 6

To keep him and advised about anyone who posed a threat

Question 7

What did the aim and promoting?

Answer 7

Sense of national unity and pride in Zairean identity and culture

Question 8

When did he change the name of Congo?

Answer 8

27 October 1971

Question 9

What did he change the name of Congo to?

Answer 9

Republic of Zaire

Question 10

What did the name become a series of?

Answer 10

Steps to listen European influence on the nations society and economy

Question 11

What name did he adopt?

Answer 11

Mobutu Sese Seko Nkuku wa za Banga

Question 12

What did he is name mean?

Answer 12

Or conquering warrior who goes from triumph to triumph

Question 13

What Civil War did Zaire become involved in?

Answer 13

Angolan Civil War

Question 14

Who does he support in the Angolan Civil War?

Answer 14

The losing faction

Question 15

Did the lives of the citizens improve during his rule?

Answer 15

Did not improve

Question 16

What did he is Ruben coming associated with?

Answer 16

Mismanagement of funds and corruption

Question 17

What was his personal fortune at the time of his death?

Answer 17

Five billion US dollars

Question 18

What did Zaire became refer to?

Answer 18

Kleptocracy

Question 19

What does Kleptocracy mean?

Answer 19

Rude by thieves

Question 20

What did he do to Patrice Lumumba?

Answer 20

Unseated him from power and was instrumental in the decision to hand over the member to the Katanga regime

Question 21

What type of personality did he developed?

Answer 21

A cult of his own personality

Question 22

How did you have a cold of his own personality?

Answer 22

Pictures of him we place an every government building

Question 23

What did Mobutism refer to?

Answer 23

The end result of his political and social reforms

Question 24

During the Cold War who did he supports?

Answer 24

The USA and its allies

Question 25

Why did he support the USA?

Answer 25

He was anti-Communist and would guarantee that they're rich resources would be exported to them

Question 26

Who did he bring back as president?

Answer 26

Joseph Kasavubu

Question 27

How did he build up his own army and position himself as a dictator?

Answer 27

Use the security provided by the United Nations

Question 28

Who did he invite to become a prime minister?

Answer 28

Moise Tshombe

Question 29

How did he end the political power struggle?

Answer 29

Second Coup d' état

Question 30

When was the second Coup d' etat?

Answer 30

October 1965

Question 31

What campaign did he have in the 1970s?

Answer 31

Authenticité campaign

Question 32

What did he do in this campaign?

Answer 32

Changed name to Zaire

Question 33

How was the name of Leopoldville Africanise?

Answer 33

Kinshasa

Question 34

What was Katanga renamed to?

Answer 34

Shaba - discourage further if it's at secession

Question 35

When did Zairianisation occur?

Answer 35

1973

Question 36

What was Zairianisation?

Answer 36

Nationalising many businesses

Question 37

What did Zairianisation represent?

Answer 37

A move to return assets to the Zairian people

Question 38

What did he actually do to the assets?

Answer 38

Confiscated them and allocated them to himself and MPR leaders

Question 39

What were the new owners of the Zairianised businesses?

Answer 39

No experience of running a business

Question 40

Why was there a drop in production and sales?

Answer 40

Businesses were sold assets all goods. They took the money and in Bandan business and replace staff with an experience appointees

Question 41

What was in a decline?

Answer 41

Unemployment increased and there was food shortages. Infrastructure was in decline

Question 42

What increase the countries economic problems?

Answer 42

Drop in copper price in 1974

Question 43

By the end of 1974 what did he decide to do?

Answer 43

Return a portion of each of these businesses to foreigners

Question 44

What was the process called at the end of 1974?

Answer 44

Retrocession

Question 45

For the rest of the 1970s what did the country supper?

Answer 45

Gross mismanagement

Question 46

What occurred in Western Zaire in 1977/78?

Answer 46

Drought and famine

Question 47

When was the first Shaba war and the second Shaba War?

Answer 47

1977 and 1978 when Congolese rebels invaded Shaba

Question 48

Who supported the rebels?

Answer 48

Soviet support

Question 49

What did Zaire receive in the first Shaba war?

Answer 49

Weapons from Belgium, France and China

Question 50

What did Zaire receive in the second Shaba war?

Answer 50

Military support from Belgium, France and the USA

Question 51

What was the effect on stage finances when suppressing these uprisings?

Answer 51

Increased strain on stage finances

Question 52

Why did Western bank stop learning money?

Answer 52

Fear they would never pay it back

Question 53

Who did they tried to get loans from?

Answer 53

IMF and world bank

Question 54

How much money was Zaire granted from IMF?

Answer 54

1billion dollars in 1981

Question 55

In between 1979 and 1985 how much money did the World Bank loan?

Answer 55

More than US$650 million

Question 56

In the 1980s what happened to them?

Answer 56

Became bankrupt

Question 57

What did they do an effort to make more funds available?

Answer 57

Printed more money causing inflation

Question 58

What happened to the money as inflation increased?

Answer 58

No it had to be printed in bigger denominations

Question 59

What reduce the buying power of people salaries and wages?

Answer 59

The value of zaire decrease significantly

Question 60

What happened to people as the buying power became less affective?

Answer 60

People became more desperate