Upfront QUIZ 2.

• Position: Quiz on Congo and higher education for women - Brief Article

FILL IN THE BLANK: Write the answer that, best completes each statement.

1. President Laurent Kabila of the Congo, who was assassinated in January, came to power in 1997 when he led a rebellion against then President --.

2. -- and -- are two of the three countries in East Africa supporting rebels in Eastern Congo who are fighting to overthrow the new government of President Joseph Kabila.

3. -- and -- are two of the three countries supporting Kabila's government.

4. The -- Agency, an arm of the U.S. Government, assisted in the assassination of nationalist leader Patrice Lumumba because they feared he favored Communism.

5. French is widely spoken in Congo because the country was a colony of -- where French is a major language.

6. Corruption and misrule have left Congo in economic ruin. Ironically, the land is rich in natural resources--including diamonds, copper, uranium, gold, timber, coffee, and --, a commodity for which industrial nations have an unquenchable thirst.

7. A plane flying from Kinshasa to Sudan would travel in a -- direction.

8. Congo achieved its independence in --.

9. In 1837, Ohio's -- College gave women students a new option by becoming coeducational.

10. Matthew -- believed so strongly in women's ability to do college work that he donated land in Poughkeepsie, New York, for a women's college that was named after him.

    CRITICAL THINKING: Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

11. Europeans carved up Africa, 'creating their colonies without regard to the historic differences among ethnic, religious, and linguistic groups living there. The result, in nations like Congo, is civil war between peoples who don't identify with each other as fellow citizens. Why do you believe the Europeans never considered this possible consequence of their actions?

12. Many experts on economic development say Western countries should forgive the huge debts owed to them by poor African countries like Congo. Make one argument supporting this view and one argument opposing it.

13. What historical episode mentioned in the article suggests why English was spoken in the area where Joseph Kabila was born?

14. What evidence might have persuaded people like Harvard University's Dr. Edward Clarke to argue that too much study would harm women's physical health?

15. Some colleges offer majors in...