6 - Foreign Affairs

• In which proxy war were US forces deployed to South-East Asia?

  Vietnam War
• Who was US president between 1963 and 1969?

  Lyndon B. Johnson
• Name two western nations that supported the USA in Vietnam

  Australia and New Zealand
• In which conflict did Britain defeat communist insurgents in Asia?

  Malayan Emergency
• Which communist crackdown increased fears of communism in the west?

  Prague Spring (1968)
• Which left-wing member of the Labour Party opposed Wilson's Vietnam war policy?

  Michael Foot
• Which terms refer to people who support and oppose European integration?

  Europhiles and Eurosceptics
• When did Britain re-apply to join the EEC?

  October 1966
• Which French President vetoed Britain's EEC application for the second time in 1967?

  Charles de Gaulle
• Which term referred to Britain's military commitments in Africa, Asia and Oceania?

  East of Suez
• Which Defence Secretary withdrew British troops from Asia after 1967?

  Denis Healey
• Name four regions from which British troops withdrew after 1967

  Aden, the Persian Gulf States, Malaysia and Singapore
• Which term refers to giving power to the largest group in a country?

  Majority rule
• Which African colony voted to leave the Commonwealth in 1961?

  South Africa
• Which British colony declared its independence in 1965?


  Rhodesia
• Name the PM of Rhodesia who was dedicated to minority rule

  Ian Smith
• Upon which two Royal Navy vessels did Harold Wilson unsuccessfully negotiate with Ian Smith?

  HMS Tiger (December 1966) and HMS Fearless (October 1968)
• What methods did Britain use to try and convince Rhodesia to accept majority rule?

  Economic sanctions
• What did Ian Smith's UDI stand for?

  Unilateral Declaration of Independence for Rhodesia (1965)
• What did Denis Healey want to reduce the defence budget to by 1970?

  £2 billion
• When did Brown and Wilson go to Paris to talk to Charles de Gaulle?

  January 1967
• When did Wilson go to Paris for the second time, in which he was confronted by Charles de Gaulle?

  June 1967
• When did de Gaulle veto Britain's second application to the EEC?

  November 1967
• When did George Brown become foreign secretary?

  1966