Globalisation of the Cold War points test

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What was the name of the Cuban revolutionary who tried to export Cuban ideals?
Che Guevara
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What is the link between decolonisation and Cold War tensions in Africa?
After the decolonisation of Africa, Neto was looking for alternative system to capitalism which they accociated with Imperialism
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Who's Empire had Angola been a part of?
Portuguese
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Name the 3 groups that formed a coalition government in 1974, in order to help Angola move towards independence?
FNLA, MPLA, UNITA
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How much funding did the US provide to one of the groups and in what year?
$25 million to FNLA, $16 million in arms
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What countries supported the MPLA
USSR, China, Cuba
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What was the name of the director of the CIA and what reason did he give for supporting the MPLA?
James Rodney Schlesinger / William Egan Colby. They felt they had to support the MPLA because the Soviet's supported their rival.
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What was the name of the dictator that ruled over communist Ethiopia?
Mengistu Haile Mariam
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What was the name of the leader of Chile in 1974
Salvador Allende
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What socialist policies did the leader of Chile establish?
nationalisation of large industries (copper); eduation, helathcare and land redistribution.
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what was the maximum amount of Cuban Troops in Angola at one time and in what year?
52,000 in 1988
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Over what region did Ethiopia and Somalia fight over?
Ogaden
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What country supported Ethiopia and hwo many troops did they give?
Cuba, 15,000
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What two events caused the rise of East-West tenions during 1983?
KAL 007 shot down, Able Archer programme
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