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Since the democratic transition began in 2011, there has been continuous violence as 280 people have been killed and 140,000 forced to flee from their homes in the Rakhine state. A UN envoy reported in March 2013 that unrest had re-emerged between Myanmar's Buddhist and Muslim communities, with violence spreading to towns that are located closer to Yangon. The BBC News media outlet obtained video footage of a man with severe burns who received no assistance from passers-by or police officers even though he was lying on the ground in a public area. The footage was filmed by members of the Burmese police force in the town of Meiktila and was used as evidence that Buddhists continued to kill Muslims after the European Union sanctions were lifted on 23 April 2013.

Question: Has the violence in Burma decreased over the years as the country has tried made democratic strides ?
Answer: Since the democratic transition began in 2011, there has been continuous violence as 280 people have been killed and 140,000 forced to flee

Question: Are the separate religious factions in Burma able to peacefully coexist ?
Answer: unrest had re-emerged between Myanmar's Buddhist and Muslim communities, with violence

Question: What news company discovered visual evidence of the disdain exhibited by civil employees and civilians in Burma ?
Answer: BBC News media outlet obtained video footage of a man with severe burns who received no assistance from passers-by or police officers

Question: Who recorded the visual evidence on the disdainful incident?
Answer: footage was filmed by members of the Burmese police force in the town of Meiktila

Question: Who was the videotape used as evidence against in Burma ?
Answer: used as evidence that Buddhists continued to kill Muslims after the European Union sanctions were lifted on 23 April 2013.
The government has responded by imposing curfews and by deploying troops in the regions. On 10 June 2012, a state of emergency was declared in Rakhine, allowing the military to participate in administration of the region. The Burmese army and police have been accused of targeting Rohingya Muslims through mass arrests and arbitrary violence. A number of monks' organisations that played a vital role in Myanmar's struggle for democracy have taken measures to block any humanitarian assistance to the Rohingya community.

Question: What have the military and law enforcement been denounced for in the matter of summer of 2012 ?
Answer: The Burmese army and police have been accused of targeting Rohingya Muslims through mass arrests and arbitrary violence

Question: How have the friar organizations contributed to the struggle in Burma?
Answer: monks' organisations that played a vital role in Myanmar's struggle for democracy have taken measures to block any humanitarian assistance to the Rohingya

Question: What happened in Rakhine in the summer of 2012 that had severe implications on the running of the location?
Answer: On 10 June 2012, a state of emergency was declared in Rakhine, allowing the military to participate in administration of the region

Question: How did the Burmese government respond to the unrest in 2012 ?
Answer: The government has responded by imposing curfews and by deploying troops in the regions
According to the Crisis Group, since Myanmar transitioned to a new government in August 2011, the country's human rights record has been improving. Previously giving Myanmar its lowest rating of 7, the 2012 Freedom in the World report also notes improvement, giving Myanmar a 6 for improvements in civil liberties and political rights, the release of political prisoners, and a loosening of restrictions. In 2013, Myanmar improved yet again, receiving a score of five in civil liberties and a six in political freedoms

Question: What is the name of the individuals who gave relevant information on the recent events in Burma ?
Answer: the Crisis Group

Question: Have there been any advances in the human rights situation in Myanmar?
Answer: the country's human rights record has been improving

Question: What is the current rating of for Burma from the Freedom in the World report and what caused the current standing ?
Answer: Myanmar improved yet again, receiving a score of five in civil liberties and a six in political freedom

Question: What caused Myanmar to receive a rating of 6?
Answer: improvements in civil liberties and political rights, the release of political prisoners, and a loosening of restrictions.

Question: What was the previous rating for Burma?
Answer: lowest rating of 7
The government has also relaxed reporting laws, but these remain highly restrictive. In September 2011, several banned websites, including YouTube, Democratic Voice of Burma and Voice of America, were unblocked. A 2011 report by the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations found that, while contact with the Myanmar government was constrained by donor restrictions, international humanitarian non-governmental organisations (NGOs) see opportunities for effective advocacy with government officials, especially at the local level. At the same time, international NGOs are mindful of the ethical quandary of how to work with the government without bolstering or appeasing it.

Question: Has the government of Myanmar made life any easier for it's inhabitants ?
Answer: has also relaxed reporting laws, but these remain highly restrictive.

Question: Does the government allow access to any desired media channels for residents ?
Answer: several banned websites, including YouTube, Democratic Voice of Burma and Voice of America, were unblocked.

Question: Are there any groups who are able to effectively operate in Burma ?
Answer: international humanitarian non-governmental organisations (NGOs)

Question: Why are groups hesitant to work with government officials ?
Answer: ethical quandary of how to work with the government without bolstering or appeasing it.
The major agricultural product is rice, which covers about 60% of the country's total cultivated land area. Rice accounts for 97% of total food grain production by weight. Through collaboration with the International Rice Research Institute 52 modern rice varieties were released in the country between 1966 and 1997, helping increase national rice production to 14 million tons in 1987 and to 19 million tons in 1996. By 1988, modern varieties were planted on half of the country's ricelands, including 98 percent of the irrigated areas. In 2008 rice production was estimated at 50 million tons.

Question: What is the major farming production crop in Burma?
Answer: rice

Question: What percentage of the countries's farm-able land is used for the major farming production crop in Burma?
Answer: 60%

Question: What category does the major farming production crop in Burma fall into ?
Answer: food grain production

Question: How is production in the category tallied ?
Answer: by weight

Question: How many novel types of this crop did Burma develop as of 1997 ?
Answer: 52 modern rice varieties
Many US and European jewellery companies, including Bulgari, Tiffany, and Cartier, refuse to import these stones based on reports of deplorable working conditions in the mines. Human Rights Watch has encouraged a complete ban on the purchase of Burmese gems based on these reports and because nearly all profits go to the ruling junta, as the majority of mining activity in the country is government-run. The government of Myanmar controls the gem trade by direct ownership or by joint ventures with private owners of mines.

Question: What is the difficulty with expanding the gem business in Burma ?
Answer: US and European jewellery companies, including Bulgari, Tiffany, and Cartier, refuse to import these stones based

Question: Why is Burma experiencing this problem with the gems industry ?
Answer: reports of deplorable working conditions in the mines.

Question: Who gave information on the gem industries in Burma ?
Answer: Human Rights Watch

Question: What did the group advised based on the information's results ?
Answer: encouraged a complete ban on the purchase of Burmese gems based

Question: Who receives the majority of financial benefits from the gem mining ?
Answer: the ruling junta
The most popular available tourist destinations in Myanmar include big cities such as Yangon and Mandalay; religious sites in Mon State, Pindaya, Bago and Hpa-An; nature trails in Inle Lake, Kengtung, Putao, Pyin Oo Lwin; ancient cities such as Bagan and Mrauk-U; as well as beaches in Nabule, Ngapali, Ngwe-Saung, Mergui. Nevertheless, much of the country is off-limits to tourists, and interactions between foreigners and the people of Myanmar, particularly in the border regions, are subject to police scrutiny. They are not to discuss politics with foreigners, under penalty of imprisonment and, in 2001, the Myanmar Tourism Promotion Board issued an order for local officials to protect tourists and limit "unnecessary contact" between foreigners and ordinary Burmese people.

Question: Name two of the metropolitan areas that are enjoyed most frequently by tourist in Myanmar ?
Answer: Yangon and Mandalay

Question: What are two of the top spiritual destination that Myanmar offers ?
Answer: Mon State, Pindaya, Bago and Hpa-An

Question: Does Myanmar offer any destinations that might be good for outside enthusiasts ?
Answer: nature trails in Inle Lake, Kengtung, Putao, Pyin Oo Lwin

Question: Are there any edifice points of interest that may be of note to visitors of Burma?
Answer: ancient cities such as Bagan and Mrauk-U; as well as beaches in Nabule, Ngapali, Ngwe-Saung, Mergui.

Question: Can visitors travel unrestricted through the country ?
Answer: much of the country is off-limits to tourists
Flights are available from most countries, though direct flights are limited to mainly Thai and other ASEAN airlines. According to Eleven magazine, "In the past, there were only 15 international airlines and increasing numbers of airlines have began launching direct flights from Japan, Qatar, Taiwan, South Korea, Germany and Singapore." Expansions were expected in September 2013, but yet again are mainly Thai and other Asian-based airlines according to Eleven Media Group's Eleven, "Thailand-based Nok Air and Business Airlines and Singapore-based Tiger Airline".

Question: Can one travel by plane from any country in Myanmar ?
Answer: Flights are available from most countries

Question: Is there anyway to decrease travel time in getting to Myanmar ?
Answer: direct flights are limited to mainly Thai and other ASEAN airlines

Question: Has the travel industry considered making changes to fight plans for Myanmar ?
Answer: 5 international airlines and increasing numbers of airlines have began launching direct flights from Japan, Qatar, Taiwan, South Korea, Germany and Singapore.

Question: What airlines travel to Myanmar that currently has development plans towards expanding ?
Answer: Thailand-based Nok Air and Business Airlines and Singapore-based Tiger Airline".
The provisional results of the 2014 Myanmar Census show that the total population is 51,419,420. This figure includes an estimated 1,206,353 persons in parts of northern Rakhine State, Kachin State and Kayin State who were not counted. People who were out of the country at the time of the census are not included in these figures. There are over 600,000 registered migrant workers from Myanmar in Thailand, and millions more work illegally. Burmese migrant workers account for 80% of Thailand's migrant workers. Population density is 76 per square kilometre (200/sq mi), among the lowest in Southeast Asia.

Question: How many are estimated people live in Burma officially?
Answer: provisional results of the 2014 Myanmar Census show that the total population is 51,419,420

Question: Who may have been left out of the 2014 census in Burma ?
Answer: an estimated 1,206,353 persons in parts of northern Rakhine State, Kachin State and Kayin State who were not counted.

Question: How many people in Burma are currently using a work visa for Thailand?
Answer: 600,000 registered migrant workers from Myanmar in Thailand

Question: How many of the Burmese people are predicted to work in Thailand without authorization
Answer: millions more work illegally

Question: What percentage of emigrant workers in Thailand that are from Myanmar ?
Answer: 80% of Thailand's migrant workers
The Bamar form an estimated 68% of the population. 10% of the population are Shan. The Kayin make up 7% of the population. The Rakhine people constitute 4% of the population. Overseas Chinese form approximately 3% of the population. Myanmar's ethnic minority groups prefer the term "ethnic nationality" over "ethnic minority" as the term "minority" furthers their sense of insecurity in the face of what is often described as "Burmanisation"—the proliferation and domination of the dominant Bamar culture over minority cultures.

Question: What is the largest percentage of the Burmese populace ?
Answer: Bamar form an estimated 68% of the population

Question: What is the smallest percentage of the Burmese populace ?
Answer: Overseas Chinese form approximately 3% of the population

Question: What is the preferential term for those in Burma that are not a part of the racial majority ?
Answer: ethnic nationality

Question: What percentage of the population is of the Rakhine descendant line ?
Answer: Rakhine people constitute 4% of the population

Question: What does the term Burmanisation make people feel ?
Answer: the proliferation and domination of the dominant Bamar culture over minority cultures.
Mon, who form 2% of the population, are ethno-linguistically related to the Khmer. Overseas Indians are 2%. The remainder are Kachin, Chin, Rohingya, Anglo-Indians, Gurkha, Nepali and other ethnic minorities. Included in this group are the Anglo-Burmese. Once forming a large and influential community, the Anglo-Burmese left the country in steady streams from 1958 onwards, principally to Australia and the UK. It is estimated that 52,000 Anglo-Burmese remain in Myanmar. As of 2009[update], 110,000 Burmese refugees were living in refugee camps in Thailand.

Question: What percentage of people in Burma are related by linguistically lines to the Khmer.
Answer: 2% of the population, are ethno-linguistically related to the Khmer

Question: Which community previously held a persuasive authority on the Burmese population?
Answer: Anglo-Burmese

Question: When did a mass migration of the community that previously held a persuasive authority on the Burmese population start?
Answer: 1958 onwards

Question: Where did the majority of these people end up after Burma ?
Answer: principally to Australia and the UK
Myanmar is home to four major language families: Sino-Tibetan, Tai–Kadai, Austro-Asiatic, and Indo-European. Sino-Tibetan languages are most widely spoken. They include Burmese, Karen, Kachin, Chin, and Chinese (mainly Hokkien). The primary Tai–Kadai language is Shan. Mon, Palaung, and Wa are the major Austroasiatic languages spoken in Myanmar. The two major Indo-European languages are Pali, the liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism, and English. Little known fact about Myanmar is there are more than 130 languages spoken by people in Myanmar. Since many of them are known only within small tribes around the country, they may have been lost (many if not all) after a few generations.

Question: What are the four categories for the most prolific dialects used in Burma ?
Answer: Sino-Tibetan, Tai–Kadai, Austro-Asiatic, and Indo-European.

Question: What are the primary languages of Europe that are used in Burma ?
Answer: Pali, the liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism, and English

Question: How many different types of dictionaries could you potentially need to cover all the languages spoken in Myanmar
Answer: there are more than 130 languages spoken by people in Myanmar

Question: Are the languages of Myanmar widely used by other nations ?
Answer: many of them are known only within small tribes around the country

Question: What is the preferred lingo for the Tai–Kadai language?
Answer: The primary Tai–Kadai language is Shan
Burmese, the mother tongue of the Bamar and official language of Myanmar, is related to Tibetan and Chinese language. It is written in a script consisting of circular and semi-circular letters, which were adapted from the Mon script, which in turn was developed from a southern Indian script in the 5th century. The earliest known inscriptions in the Burmese script date from the 11th century. It is also used to write Pali, the sacred language of Theravada Buddhism, as well as several ethnic minority languages, including Shan, several Karen dialects, and Kayah (Karenni), with the addition of specialised characters and diacritics for each language.

Question: What is the matriarchal brogue of Burma that became the countries' standard vernacular ?
Answer: Burmese

Question: Which two vernaculars hold relation to the official language?
Answer: Tibetan and Chinese language

Question: How is the recognized official language of Burma displayed ?
Answer: It is written in a script consisting of circular and semi-circular letters

Question: On what is the visual display of the language a subset of ?
Answer: the Mon script, which in turn was developed from a southern Indian script in the 5th century

Question: From when are the first impressions of the visually displayed language ?
Answer: The earliest known inscriptions in the Burmese script date from the 11th century.
According to Pew Research, 7% of the population identifies as Christian; 4% as Muslim; 1% follows traditional animistic beliefs; and 2% follow other religions, including Mahayana Buddhism, Hinduism, and East Asian religions. However, according to a US State Department's 2010 international religious freedom report, official statistics are alleged to underestimate the non-Buddhist population. Independent researchers put the Muslim population at 6 to 10% of the population[citation needed]. Jehovah's Witnesses have been present since 1914 and have about 80 congregations around the country and a branch office in Yangon publishing in 16 languages. A tiny Jewish community in Rangoon had a synagogue but no resident rabbi to conduct services.

Question: What part of the populace does not identify with conformists religious majority?
Answer: 7% of the population identifies as Christian; 4% as Muslim; 1% follows traditional animistic beliefs; and 2% follow other religions

Question: Are these percentages an accurate estimate of nonconformists religious groups ?
Answer: international religious freedom report, official statistics are alleged to underestimate the non-Buddhist population.

Question: How many dwelling are dedicated to the worship of the faith Jehovah's Witnesses ?
Answer: 80 congregations around the country and a branch office in Yangon

Question: How many dialects are the publications distributed by the Jehovah Witness available in ?
Answer: 16 languages

Question: What problem presented itself to the Jewish locale in Rangoon ?
Answer: a synagogue but no resident rabbi to conduct services
By the 1st century, Babylonia, to which Jews migrated to after the Babylonian conquest as well as after the Bar Kokhba revolt in 135 CE, already held a speedily growing population of an estimated 1,000,000 Jews, which increased to an estimated 2 million between the years 200 CE – 500 CE, both by natural growth and by immigration of more Jews from the Land of Israel, making up about 1/6 of the world Jewish population at that era. At times conversion has accounted for a part of Jewish population growth. Some have claimed that in the 1st century of the Christian era, for example, the population more than doubled, from four to 8–10 million within the confines of the Roman Empire, in good part as a result of a wave of conversion.

Question: Where did Jews migrate to after the Babylonian conquest?
Answer: Babylonia

Question: Between what years did Jews increase to an estimated 2 million?
Answer: 200 CE – 500 CE

Question: Name one thing that has accounted for Jewish population growth?
Answer: conversion
The fiber is most often spun into yarn or thread and used to make a soft, breathable textile. The use of cotton for fabric is known to date to prehistoric times; fragments of cotton fabric dated from 5000 BC have been excavated in Mexico and the Indus Valley Civilization in Ancient India (modern-day Pakistan and some parts of India). Although cultivated since antiquity, it was the invention of the cotton gin that lowered the cost of production that led to its widespread use, and it is the most widely used natural fiber cloth in clothing today.

Question: What is the most frequent use of cotton?
Answer: fabric

Question: To what date has cotton been dated?
Answer: 5000 BC

Question: Where in India has cotton been found from prehistoric times?
Answer: Indus Valley

Question: In what Central American country has cotton use been found from early times?
Answer: Mexico

Question: What machinery has lead to the easily made and widespread use of cotton?
Answer: cotton gin
During the late medieval period, cotton became known as an imported fiber in northern Europe, without any knowledge of how it was derived, other than that it was a plant. Because Herodotus had written in his Histories, Book III, 106, that in India trees grew in the wild producing wool, it was assumed that the plant was a tree, rather than a shrub. This aspect is retained in the name for cotton in several Germanic languages, such as German Baumwolle, which translates as "tree wool" (Baum means "tree"; Wolle means "wool"). Noting its similarities to wool, people in the region could only imagine that cotton must be produced by plant-borne sheep. John Mandeville, writing in 1350, stated as fact the now-preposterous belief: "There grew there [India] a wonderful tree which bore tiny lambs on the endes of its branches. These branches were so pliable that they bent down to allow the lambs to feed when they are hungrie [sic]." (See Vegetable Lamb of Tartary.) By the end of the 16th century, cotton was cultivated throughout the warmer regions in Asia and the Americas.

Question: In the late medieval period in Europe as what was cotton viewed?
Answer: imported fiber

Question: What 1350 writer stated that cotton was produced by sheep that grew on trees?
Answer: John Mandeville

Question: What ancient writer gave later eras the idea that cotton might be a tree?
Answer: Herodotus

Question: By the end of what century was cotton grown in the Americas and Asia?
Answer: 16th century

Question: Why was it easy for people to believe that cotton grew on sheep that grew in plants?
Answer: similarities to wool