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Cold War: Africa & Latin America
Cold War: Africa & Latin America
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1
The USA & China both supported the FNLA
True
False
2
Which country invaded the Ogaden region of Ethiopia?
Eritrea
Djibouti
Sudan
Somalia
3
How many troops did the USA invade Grenada with in October 1983?
700
17,000
1,700
7,000
4
The USA referred to Salvador Allende as another...
Stalin
Brezhnev
Mao
Castro
5
The Sandinista National Liberation Front in Nicaragua is known by what acronym?
FSLN
NLFS
SNLF
LFNS
6
The USA claimed that Soviet support for the MPLA was inconsistent with what?
Bilateralism
Detente
Peaceful co-existence
Laissez Faire
7
Angola was a colony of which European nation?
Great Britain
Portugal
Spain
France
8
The CIA illegally sold weapons to what country to fund the Contras in Nicaragua?
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Iran
9
Which of these groups was not part of the coalition government in Angola?
UNITA
FNLA
MPLA
ANPR
10
Which Chilean businesses did the USA not involve itself in?
Copper mining
Telecommunications
Silver mining
Petroleum
11
Ethiopia was a colony of which European nation?
Portugal
Great Britain
France
Spain
12
Which world leader did the USA upset by not informing them of the invasion of Grenada?
Thatcher
Mitterrand
Brezhnev
Castro
13
Reagan claimed that the invasion was to protect US engineering students studying in Grenada.
True
False
14
What military rank did Mengitsu Haile Mariam hold when he overthrew the Etiopian Emperor?
Field Marshal
General
Major
Colonel
15
What type of weapon did the USA use in Nicaraguan harbours?
Marines
Mines
Missiles
Battleships
16
What was the name of the group that Reagan supported against the Sandinista government in Nicaragua?
Contras
Cobras
Counters
Comrades
17
'Haile Selassie was the Emperor of Angola before being overthrown in 1974.'
False
True
18
The USA referred to the Caribbean and Central and Latin America as their own what?
Back garden
Back yard
Sphere of influence
Place of interest
19
Roughly how many troops did Cuba provide to the MPLA?
16,000
12,000
14,000
10,000
20
Roughly how many troops did Cuba send to support Ethiopia?
5,000
15,000
10,000
20,000