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Laos (, , , or ; , , "Lāo"), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, "Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao") or commonly referred to its colloquial name of Muang Lao (Lao: ເມືອງລາວ, "Muang Lao"), is a landlocked country in the heart of the Indochinese peninsula of Mainland Southeast Asia, bordered by Myanmar (Burma) and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southwest, and Thailand to the west and southwest. 

Present day Lao PDR traces its historic and cultural identity to the kingdom of Lan Xang Hom Khao (Kingdom of a Million Elephants Under the White Parasol), which existed for four centuries as one of the largest kingdoms in Southeast Asia. Due to Lan Xang's central geographical location in Southeast Asia, the kingdom was able to become a popular hub for overland trade, becoming wealthy economically as well as culturally. 

After a period of internal conflict, Lan Xang broke off into three separate kingdoms — Luang Phrabang, Vientiane, and Champasak. In 1893, it became a French protectorate, with the three territories uniting to form what is now known as the country of Laos. It briefly gained freedom in 1945 after Japanese occupation, but was recolonised by France until it won autonomy in 1949. Laos became independent in 1953, with a constitutional monarchy under Sisavang Vong. Shortly after independence, a long civil war ended the monarchy, when the Communist Pathet Lao movement came to power in 1975.

1. what is really the Lao People's Democratic Republic ?
2. Lan Xang broke off into how many kingdoms ?
3. when ?
4. when did it become a French protectorate ?
5. the colloquial name is refered as ?
6. is it in a landlocked area ?
7. in the middle of what peninsula  ?
8. bordered by how many countrys ?
9. what happened in 1893 ?
10. now known as what ?
11. what happened after Japanese occupation ?
12. did it win autonomy in 1952 ?
13. what is the correct year ?
14. what event occured in 1953 ?
15. what ended the monarchy ?
16. what came to power in 1975 ?
17. todays Lao PDR traces its history to what ?
18. what did it  become a popular hub for ?
19. is it bordered by Japan ?
20. what country is to the east ?

Numbered answers:
1. Laos
2. three
3. After a period of internal conflict
4. In 1893
5. Muang Lao
6. yes
7. the Indochinese peninsula
8. Five
9. it became a French protectorate
10. Laos
11. It briefly gained freedom
12. no
13. it won autonomy in 1949
14. it became independent in 1953
15. a long civil war
16. the Communist Pathet Lao movement
17. to the kingdom of Lan Xang Hom Khao
18. for overland trade
19. no
20. Vietnam