Rebel Movements Around the World

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1. The União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) has become a political party in Angola, but between the 1960s -1990s it was one of the chief rebel groups in the country. Who was its leader? Samuel Doe Robert Mugabe Amilcar Cabral Jonas Savimbi

2. This Maoist group has its origins in the Bengali region of India. Originally known as the Majumdar-Sanyal group, this organization has been active since the 1960s. By what name are they generally known? Naxalites Tamil Tigers Shining Path Symbionese Liberation Army

3. The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) is a Mexican peasant movement founded in the 1990s. In what Mexican state did this movement have its origins? Guadalajara Chiapas Michoacán Sinaloa

4. Russia has fought separatists in the breakaway republic of Chechnya since the early 1990s. Civilian casualties were high as a result of fighting for control of the Chechen capital city. What is the name of this capital? Magas Maykop Vladikavkaz Grozny

5. The Mukti Bahini was the leading insurgent group in this nation's successful war of independence in 1971. What was the name of this new nation? Kurdistan Sri Lanka Bangladesh East Timor

6. In 1964, Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah was overthrown as the ruler of the island of Zanzibar. The new leaders of Zanzibar then united the archipelago with the mainland country of Tanganyika to form a new nation. What is the name of this east african nation? Mozambique Kenya Tanzania Zambia

7. Enomoto Takeaki (d.1908) was the last of the great shoguns. He and his followers briefly declared independence from Imperial Japan in 1868. What was the name of this short-lived republic? Ezo Honshu Kyûshû Shikoku

8. In 1733, the first major insurrection by slaves (in modern times) occurred on the island of St. John, now a part of the US Virgin Islands. Which country ruled St. John at the time of the slave uprising? Great Britain Netherlands Spain Denmark

9. This revoutionary leader waged a guerrilla campaign against the United States in Nicaragua in the early part of the 20th century. Who is this leader? Camilo Cienfuegos Jose Marti Augusto Sandino Che Guevara

10. Ze'ev Jabotinsky founded this armed Zionist milita in Palestine in 1930 to fight for ther creation of the state of Israel. Haganah Histadrut Irgun Mossad