WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

NEW NATIONS EMERGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The struggles for independence in both Angola and Zaire were strongly influenced by the ____
A
discovery of oil.
B
fight against apartheid.
C
Cold War.
D
rise of Islamist parties.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -After more than three decades of war, the humanitarian situation in Angola is catastrophic. 78% of the rural population lives in deep poverty, and one child in three never reaches the age of five. from oil, diamonds and other natural resources could, in the short term, respond to Angola’s humanitarian crisis.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Civil War was mostly a fight for power between two former liberation movements, the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA). Other countries got involved in the war because they wanted their own ideologies to win.

Detailed explanation-3: -Women and children 2 The effects of civil war led to Angola having the highest infant mortal-ity rate in the world in 1990 – of every 1000 children born, 350 died before the age of five.

Detailed explanation-4: -The South African Border War, also known as the Namibian War of Independence, and sometimes denoted in South Africa as the Angolan Bush War, was a largely asymmetric conflict that occurred in Namibia (then South West Africa), Zambia, and Angola from 26 August 1966 to 21 March 1990.

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