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Dallam History’s GCSE Quiz Pt 2
Dallam History’s GCSE Quiz Pt 2
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Edexcel History quiz covering: Superpower Relations and the Cold War #world_history
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1
What was the name of the first man-made satellite to orbit the Earth?
Apollo I
Islabops
Sputnik
Rocket
2
Which of the following was NOT a policy associated with Gorbachev?
Capitalism
Sinatra Doctrine
Perestroika
Glasnost
3
Which of the following was NOT a consequence of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Treaties
Nuclear war
A “hotline”
Increased rivalry
4
What does SALT (and SALT II) stand for?
Starwars Algorithm Led Talk
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
Subterranean Action Law Treaty
Nothing - it was related to salt
5
When did the USSR and Warsaw Pact officially end?
1990
1988
1989
1991
6
Which two nations formed as a result of the Berlin Crisis?
East & West Germany
Republic of Germany & German Democratic Republic
USSR & US Germany
FRG & GDR
7
In what year was the Berlin Wall built?
1953
1962
1961
1960
8
How close is Cuba to the US mainland?
90 KM
20 KM
145 KM
205 KM
9
Who made the Iron Curtain speech?
Harold Truman
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
Winston Churchill
10
When did the Soviets invade Afghanistan?
1980
1990
2001
1979
11
Who replaced Matyas Rakosi as leader of Hungary in 1953?
Imre Nidge
Imre Naggie
Imre Nagy
Imre Nogey
12
Which was NOT a conference related to the Grand Alliance?
Ulster
Yalta
Potsdam
Tehran
13
When did the Berlin Blockade take place?
1948-49
1945-48
1948-50
1949-50
14
What was the name of Khrushchev’s denouncement of Stalin’s policies?
Stalinesque
De-Stalinisation
Stalinisation
Prague Spring
15
Which of the following is the odd one out?
Bulgaria
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Poland
16
Who was leader of Czechoslovakia during the Prague Spring?
Alexander Dubcek
Alexander Brezhnev
Alexander Meerkat
Alexander Dubstep
17
What did Kennedy claim in 1963?
He was resigning as President
He was a doughnut
He was a Berliner
He would liberate East Berlin
18
Which organisation was formed in 1949?
South Westmorland MAT
NATO
Iron Curtain
Warsaw Pact
19
In what year was the Warsaw Pact formed?
1949
1955
1960
1945
20
Which of the following was present at Yalta AND Potsdam?
Truman
Roosevelt
Stalin
Attlee
21
Which of the following is NOT associated with Communism?
Industry and businesses are privately owned
Everyone is equal
One political party
Censorship of the media
22
When was the first Communist state established?
1933
1919
1917
1945
23
Which of the following was NOT a feature of 1947?
Containment
Marshall Plan
Domino Theory
Truman Doctrine
24
Which country took the greatest proportion of Marshall Aid?
France
UK
Greece
Russia
25
What French word means “relaxing of tensions”?
Poisson
Derrière
Oiseau
Detente
