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Which countries historically occupied the Falkland Islands?
France, Spain, and Great Britain
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What was the Junta’s main ideology?
Right-wing
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What was the UK financial cost?
700 million euros
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What were the 30,000 missing people in Argentina called?
The Disappeared
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Where are the Falkland Islands?
Off the coast of South America, in the South Atlantic Ocean
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What was the Military Junta designed to do, and which side were they leaning towards?
Restore order during the time of political instability, it was far right
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Who leveraged the effects of the war to change the UK’s ideology?
Margaret Thatcher
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What was the main industry in the Falkland Islands before the 1982 war?
sheep farming for wool
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How did people in Britain feel before the war because of their economy?
Unhappy/upset
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What was another name Argentina used for the Falkland Islands?
The Malvinas
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Who were all the political leaders involved?
Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister):
John Nott (Secretary of State for Defence)
Rex Hunt (Governor of the Falkland Islands), Queen Elizabeth II
Argentina
Leopoldo Galtieri (President/Military Dictator),
Oswaldo Jorge García
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Which country used military force to force a diplomatic solution?
The Junta
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What natural resource, other than fish, did both Britain and Argentina hope to find around the Falklands after the war?
Oil
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What type of government ruled Argentina during the war?
Military junta
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What did the United Nations try to do?
Make peace with both countries, but failed due to Argentina's reluctance
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What was the 200-mile “blockade” that stopped all vessels from going to or leaving the Falkland Islands?
Total Exclusion Zone (TEZ)
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How much did it cost Britain to replace the warships sunk during the conflict?
$500 million
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Why did Argentina start the war to get people to support them?
To create nationalism.