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Cold War Origins Quiz
Cold War Origins Quiz
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What was COMECON?
The Soviet organisation used to spread communist ideals
The name of Trotsky's autobiography
The use of communist principles in modern economies
The coordination of Eastern European economies by Stalin
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What was the Truman doctrine?
A policy of invading all communist countries
The USA supporting all free peoples to resist communism
Stalin's doctrine of negotiation with the US
President Truman's policy of appeasement towards the USSR
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What was NSC 68?
The name of the Bomb that was intended for use on the USSR
US reaction to China fall to communism and USSR nuclear bomb
Britain's treaty with the US against communism
Truman's paper of how to appease the Soviets
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What was Marshall Aid?
Economic support for European economies to stop communism
The USA supporting all free peoples who resist communism
The military plan by general Marshall at the end of WWII
The economic support made by Stalin for satellite states
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Which of the following is NOT seen as a marker of the beginning of the Cold War?
Yalta Conference
Iron Curtain Speech
Potsdam Conference
Berlin Blockade
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What was containment?
Soviet policy of turning inward and consolidating power
US policy, stopping the spread of communism but not invading
The strengthening of alliances in Western Europe
Another name for the Kremlin
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Which of the following was NOT a major event in the Cold War prior to 1949?
Construction of Berlin Wall
China falls to communism
Berlin Blockade
The Potsdam Conference
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What was COMINTERN?
China's communist party
The department set up by Stalin to carry out the purges
1947 alliance of communist states to help spread communism
The coordination of eastern European economies by Stalin
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What was NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation)?
The treaty that would stop communism in Asia
The US commitment to stopping spread of communism
Stalin's treaty with the US post WWII
Military alliance: Western European states, US and Canada
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What was the Berlin Blockade?
The official closing of the iron curtain in 1945
Soviets cut off Berlin to stop allies making West Germany
The beginning of the construction of Berlin Wall
The German peoples protest against Soviet occupation
