Causes
The sector that the Argentinian government had cut spendings on and the sector it had tried to revive before 1982.
What are the public and the private sector?
Who was Leopoldo Galtieri?
The island where 42 Argentinian "workers" were landed in Dec 1981.
South Georgia.
The reason why the Argentines kept their best troops at home.
What is the fear of an attack from Chile?
What is the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?
Bluffing.
The fancy ship-to-ship of air-launched heat-seeking missiles the French agreed to stop exporting to Argentina on April 3.
What were Exocet missiles?
One example of why the British were lucky.
What is the fact that although British guns were running out of ammunition in the end and the soldiers had not eaten for long, the Argentines had no idea./What is the fact that the Argentines attacked before the Nott defence cuts.
The effect of the war on Argentine politics.
What is the organisation of democratic elections, bringing Raoul Alfonsin to power?
The place where the Falklands were debated in 1964.
The UN Committee on Decolonisation.
Who was Francis Pym?
The ship sunk first.
What was General Belgrano?
One reason why Britain was not in a good economic situation.
What is unemployment?/What are riots?
The organisation the British had to deal with during and after the war internally.
The British ships that made everyone in Argentina very nervous.
What were nuclear submarines?
What is an attack on the Goose Green airfield in the dark, fighting all throughout the night, dropping cluster bombs on the Argentines and sending a letter threatening the Argentines with bombardment as well as being blamed for civilian casualties?
The reason why the UN could not send in peacekeeping troops.
What is the fact that both sides had not requested it?
Reminders of the war to Falklands islanders.
What are mines?/What are Argentine graves?
The ship the Argentinians waited for to leave before attacking.
What was HMS Endurance?
Two material ways in which the Americans supported the British besides providing them with access to Ascension island.
What were supplying the British with aircraft fuel ad misisles?
Three reasons why the Argentinians should have had an advantage in the air and three why they did not. (Two of the last three should refer to specific pieces of technology and explain why they were useful.)
What were
* well-trained pilots,
* high-performance fighter-bombers (Mirage),
* a high number of planes compared to the British,
* the fact that Argentine planes could not land on the short airfields of the Falklands,
* Sea Harrier planes (could land vertically on short aircraft carrier runways)
* Sidewinder air-to-air heat-seeking missiles
Three reasons why the British had to land 80 km from Stanley.
What were heavy defences around Stanley, Argentine artillery fire and hills that provided protection?
The way in which the war affected US relations with many South American countries.