The acronym USSR stand for?

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

What was the main reason that western powers feared communism?

Communism threatened political freedom ie, the right to vote

The Hammer and Sickle is known as the symbol for communism. It represents:

Hammer represents industry sickle represents farming history

What happened on the first day of the Potsdam Conference?

The US detonated the world's first nuclear weapon.

Why was it called the Cold War?

There was no full-scale global war, only regional conflicts

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1
What were the two main opposing ideologies during the Cold War?
USSR and the United Kingdom
Australia and Cuba
Communism and Socialism
Democracy and Communism
2
Which of the following countries became the world’s second nuclear power?
Britain
Japan
USSR
France
3
During which years did the Cold War occur?
1936 - 1945
1947 - 1991
1947 - 2011
1945 - 1983
4
Who is this man?
JFK
Nikita Krushchev
Winston Churchill
Harry Truman
5
The acronym USSR stand for?
United States in Socialist Republics
Union of Social Soviet Republicans
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
United States of Soviet Republicans
6
What was the main reason that western powers feared communism?
Communism created more wealth than democracy
Communism didn't allow development of a country’s military
Communism threatened political freedom ie, the right to vote
Communism gave too much religious freedom
7
Who is this man?
Josef Stalin
Harry Truman
Vladimir Lenin
Karl Marx
8
The Hammer and Sickle is known as the symbol for communism. It represents:
Hammer represents defeated enemies, sickle represents wheat
Hammer represents industry sickle represents farming history
Hammer represented mighty communism, sickle labour
Hammer represented power of USSR, sickle represented farming
9
Which of the following powers met at the Potsdam conference?
Cuba, USSR & France
USA, USSR & UK
Japan, Germany, & UK
USSR, USA & Germany
10
What did Karl Marx write?
Mein Kampf
The Communist Manifesto
The Art of War
The rules for the United Nations
11
What happened on the first day of the Potsdam Conference?
Harry Truman refused to shake the hand of Karl Marx
Winston Churchill arrived at the conference drunk
The US detonated the world's first nuclear weapon.
World stockmarkets crashed.
12
Who was Russia's Tsar?
Nicholas I
Trotsky
Nicholas II
Rasputin
13
What did the USA do when the USSR attempted to place missiles in Cuba?
Place its own missiles in Cuba
Blockade Cuba
Launch missiles against Cuba
Recall the ambassador to the USSR
14
Why was it called the Cold War?
A nuclear winter resulted from the Korean War
There was a cooling of relationships between Cuba and USSR
It was fought in Siberia
There was no full-scale global war, only regional conflicts
15
Which of the following was not fought during the Cold War?
The Boer War
The Afghan War
The Korean War
The Vietnam War
16
Which of the following US Presidents was assassinated in Dallas?
Abraham Lincoln
John F Kennedy
Harry Truman
Richard Nixon
17
Who shot the President in Dallas?
Lee Harvey Oswald
Richard Nixon
Oliver Stone
Jack Ruby
18
Which of the following leaders of the USSR murdered over 20 million of his own people?
Vladimir Lenin
Josef Stalin
Tsar Nicholas II
Leon Trotsky

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