Angola And Southern Africa 1966-76 SUCCESS

Question 1

In ____, rebels from the ______ colony of ______ requested help. Castro sent ______ and _________.

Answer 1

1966
Portuguese
Guinea Bissau
doctors
military instructors

Question 2

Cuban aid remained in ______ until the country finally won _______ in ____.

Answer 2

Guinea Bissau
independence
1974

Question 3

Cubas biggest commitment was to _____ where, in ____, a civil war had broken out between ______________ movements following the collapse of the __________ the year before.

Answer 3

Angola
1975
three rival independence
Portuguese dictatorship

Question 4

Both the __ and ______ were determined to stop the Soviet-backed ___________ for the ______ of _____ (_____) from coming to power.

Answer 4

US
South Africa 
People’s Movement
Liberation
Angola
MPLA

Question 5

When it seemed that the ______ was winning, the __ persuaded ______ to send in _____ to help. Castro then decided to help the MPLA.

Answer 5

MPLA
US
South Africa
troops

Question 6

In ____, a total of ______ Cuban troops were sent to _____. Castro’s decision ______ Cuba’s _______ with the US and Western Europe.

Answer 6

1976
25,000
South Africa
jeopardized
improving relations

Question 7

Castro saw Cuba’s ______ as helping to weaken South Africa’s _______ system. With most of Angola now ruled by the ____, the forces of this _________ movement at last had a sympathetic government across the border.

Answer 7

intervention
apartheid system
MPLA
independence