Atomic Bomb and Cold War Causes

Question 1

The war against Nazi Germany was over before the US had created first atomic bomb.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

This cartoon best represents Stalin's dilemma with respect to Operation Vittles.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

What happened to the last Russian Tsar and his family?

Accepted Answer

Murdered by the Communists

Question 4

Who was the brilliant general Stalin exiled for taking too much credit for defeating the Nazis?

Accepted Answer

Zhukov

Question 5

What was one of Stalin's favourite pastimes?

Accepted Answer

Writing Love Poetry

Question 6

During the Berlin Blockade, the US was ready to use atomic weapons to stop the SU if necessary.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

In what year was the USSR (Soviet Union) formally established?

Accepted Answer

1922

Question 8

Only the Communist party could exist in the SU as it represented the will of the people. Lenin called this:

Accepted Answer

Democratic Centralism

Question 9

Who said the dropping of the atomic bomb was "righteous"?

Accepted Answer

Truman

Question 10

He taught children to duck and cover.

Accepted Answer

Bert the Turtle

Question 11

In what month and year did the US drop the atomic bombs on Japan?

Accepted Answer

August 1945

Question 12

How much money did the US give Greece to help defeat the Communists?

Accepted Answer

$400 million

Question 13

He led the Communist revolution in Russia in October 1917.

Accepted Answer

Lenin

Question 14

What did Marx believe was the “opiate of the masses” used by the bourgeoisie to manipulate the proletariat?

Accepted Answer

Religion

Question 15

Who warned: “The proletariat have nothing to lose but their chains, and they have the world to win.”

Accepted Answer

Marx

Question 16

In what year did the SU test their atomic bomb, "Big Joe"?

Accepted Answer

1949

Question 17

What was the Marshall Plan?

Accepted Answer

Us plan to financially rebuild Europe

Question 18

He declared an Iron Curtain had fallen across Europe enslavng the East under Soviet control.

Accepted Answer

Winston Churchill

Question 19

Karl Marx believed the bourgeoise would overthrow the proletariat in revolution.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

Referring to WWII who said: “Britain gave the time, America the money, and Russia the blood"?

Accepted Answer

Stalin

Question 21

It was the name of the US top secret program to build the atomic bomb.

Accepted Answer

Manhatten Project

Question 22

What was the name of the alliance established in 1949 to protect the West from the SU and Communism?

Accepted Answer

NATO

Question 23

Name the British and American operation to save West Berlin from Stalin?

Accepted Answer

Operation Vittles

Question 24

In what year was Germany officially divided into two countries - one communist and one capitalist?

Accepted Answer

1949

Question 25

Name the five countries "controlled" by Stalin in Eastern Europe during the Cold War.

Accepted Answer

Poland E. Germany Czechoslovakia Hungary Romania Bulgaria

Question 26

He wrote the Communist Manifesto.

Accepted Answer

Karl Marx

Question 27

What city did Stalin blockade in an attempt to gain control of it from the Allies?

Accepted Answer

Berlin

Question 28

This cartoon best represents Stalin's

Accepted Answer

Buffer Zone

Question 29

In what year did the US issue the Truman Doctrine declaring "war" against Communism?

Accepted Answer

1947

Question 30

Stalin refused to make a trade with the Nazis for his son stating,"I have no son."

Accepted Answer

True

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