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Answer
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What was Indonesia colony of between 1816–1949?
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Netherlands
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What trade did that country dominate in 17th and 18th centuries?
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Spice
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What "upright" hominid species inhabited Indonesia as far back as two million years ago?
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Homo erectus
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What country invaded Indonesia in 1941?
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Japan
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Who was the first President of Indonesia?
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Sukarno
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What volcano's 1883 eruption could be heard over 3000 miles away?
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Krakatoa
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What type of natural disaster killed over 130,000 people in 2004?
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Tsunami
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What international body was Indonesia one of the five founding members in 1967?
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ASEAN
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What is the former name of Jakarta?
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Batavia
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What president's "New Order" constructed a military-dominated government?
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Suharto
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What Portuguese-speaking country gained its independence from Indonesia in 2002?
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East Timor
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The eruption of what Indonesian volcano in 1815 caused the "Year Without a Summer"?
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Mount Tambora
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What U.S. President lived 4 years in Indonesia, between 1967–1971?
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Barack Obama
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What supervolcano erupted 74,000 years ago, which nearly caused the humans' extinction?
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Lake Toba
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The only time Indonesia entered and competed in the FIFA World Cup was in 1938. To what European country did it lose to in the Round of 16?
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Hungary
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What Jakarta governor became President in 2014?
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Joko Widodo
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On what island did Islamic terrorist bombings kill 202 people in 2002?
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Bali
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What African island nation's first inhabitants came from the islands of Indonesia about 10,000 years ago?
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Madagascar
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What popular flying toy was first invented by the Muna people of Sulawesi?
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Kite
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What independence-seeking region on New Guinea, starting with P, has been suppressed by the Indonesian government since 1962?
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Papua
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