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The Soviet Unions invasion of Afghanistan
What is the main reason Carter called for the Boycott of the 1980's Moscow Games?
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The Soviet Union only had a month to withdraw their troops from Afghanistan
What did the ultimatum state that Carter placed on the Soviet Union?
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The Soviets
No action from who resolved the situation in Afghanistan?
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True
True or false: the Canadian Olympic Association acted in agreement with other nation
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1979
What year did the Soviet Union invade Afghanistan?
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unstable Pro-Soviet government
What type of government was the Soviet Union trying to press on Afghanistan?
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Their passports would be revoked
What would happen if athletes tried to compete against Carter's decision of the boycott?
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Western Countries
the boycott of the Olympic games was led by a number of what?
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True
True or False: Many governments that were outraged by soviets invasion still partook in the games
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no, they lost their case
did the athletes win their case against the government?
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The attack was viewed as a threat to the free movement of Middle East oil
How was the attack viewed from the US point of view?
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Carter threatened to revoke their passports so the athletes would have no way of getting to the Moscow games
What did Carter threaten to do to US athletes?
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65 nations refrained from Moscow
what was the number of nations that refrained from going to Moscow?
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Lack of support fro the public
The vote for England to not compete did not pass because why?
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the Soviets leader
who was Leonid Brezhnev?
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Leonid Brezhnev asserted that the invasion would be quick and undisputed
What did Leonid Brezhnev state about the invasion?
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He sent Mohammad Ali on a goodwill tour to Africa to build support
What did Carter send Mohammad Ali to do?
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80 countries
How many countries still participated in the games?
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countries were unsure of the advantages of not sending their athletes so they sent them anyway
What were some countries unsure of when placed with the option to not compete?
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10 years
How long was the Soviets occupation in Afghanistan?
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Also viewed as a threat of expansion of military power and colonial conquest
The invasion was viewed as a threat in multiple ways. How was the threat viewed on an expansion level?
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25 athletes, because they wanted the right to participate and represent their country
How many athletes tried to sue the government because of the boycott?
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Boycott the Olympic games and place an embargo on feed.
What two things would the U.S do if the soviets did not pull out of Afghanistan?
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she believed that England should not compete in the games
Margaret Thatcher believed that England should..
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oil
what important resource does Afghanistan hold two-thirds of all the world?