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A. Millions of Congolese died from 1885 to 1908 as Belgium’s king forced the local population to produce rubber needed by the growing auto industry. France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Portugal, and Spain all extracted resources and wealth from African colonies.
C. The smaller Republic of the Congo is sometimes called Congo-Brazzaville, referring to its capital and largest city. The larger Democratic Republic of Congo is sometimes called Congo-Kinshasa, after its capital and largest city. Brazzaville and Kinshasa are located opposite each other across the Congo River.
B. DR Congo sends 69% of its exports to China. DR Congo’s top exports are copper and cobalt, essential to building everything from cell phones and automobiles to fighter jets and spacecraft. RD Congo has 74% of the world’s cobalt supply, while China processes 60% of the world’s cobalt.
D. The world’s newest nation and a northern neighbor of DR Congo, South Sudan has a GDP per person of just $400 a year, and about 82% of its people live in poverty. Africa’s richest nation is Seychelles, an island nation in the Indian Ocean. It has a GDP per person of $29,200 a year, compared with $270,100 a year in the world’s richest nation, Monaco