Chapter 18

Instructions

Choose your answers from a-d by clicking the radio button next to each choice and then press 'Submit' to get your score.

Who was the dictator of Nicaragua, forced into exile in July 1979?

a) Trujillo

b) Batista

c) Noriega

d) Somoza

In which Latin American country was the 'Tupac Amaru' guerrilla movement active in the 1980s?

a) Nicaragua

b) Peru

c) Mexico

d) El Salvador

Who was elected President of El Salvador in Mach 1982?

a) Jose Napoleon Duarte

b) Roberto d'Aubuisso

c) Oscar Romero

d) Alfredo Cristiani

Who was the US National Security Adviser forced to resign over the Iran-Contra scandal?

a) Oliver North

b) Frank Carlucci

c) John Poindexter

d) Robert McFarlane

What was codenamed 'Operation Just Cause'?

a) US invasion of Grenada in 1983

b) US assistance to the Contras in Nicaragua

c) US aid to Duarte in the 1984 El Salvador election

d) US invasion of Panama in December 1990