The Cold War 1947-1952

Question 1

When was the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation set up?

Accepted Answer

1948

Question 2

When did Stalin call off the blockade?

Accepted Answer

May 1948

Question 3

How did Molotov react in the Marshall Plan negotiations?

Accepted Answer

He refused all aid and left negotiations

Question 4

How did the Soviets try to get rid of Tito?

Accepted Answer

Trade Embargo, Assassination, Threatened with troops

Question 5

How did Stalin feel about Tito?

Accepted Answer

Suspicious

Question 6

What states make up the Benelux states?

Accepted Answer

Belgium, Netherlands & Luxumbourg

Question 7

What was the purpose of Cominform?

Accepted Answer

Coordinate cooperation between communist organisations, Complete Sovietisation of Satellite states, Promote ideological unity

Question 8

How did the Soviets respond to the currency reform?

Accepted Answer

Blockaded Berlin

Question 9

When was the ECSC established?

Accepted Answer

July 1952

Question 10

Who ran Yugoslavia?

Accepted Answer

Tito

Question 11

What is the ECSC?

Accepted Answer

European Coal & Steel Community

Question 12

What was the impact of the ECSC?

Accepted Answer

Supranational economic integration, Assurance that no member state would run out of coal & steel, Stronger Western bloc, Regulation of member states coal and steel industry

Question 13

Which of these measures did the West use to try to further destabilize the Soviet Bloc?

Accepted Answer

Economic & military aid to Yugoslavia, Encourage a help refugees from Eastern Europe, Radio broadcasts of propaganda into Eastern Europe, Undermine authority by filing human rights complaints

Question 14

What is the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance abbreviated to?

Accepted Answer

COMECON

Question 15

What was the main theme of the Truman Doctrine?

Accepted Answer

To scare people against communism, Protect democracies from aggressive communism, To show that Europe is split into hostile blocs

Question 16

What was the Cominform?

Accepted Answer

Communist Information Bureau

Question 17

The OEEC aimed to change what?

Accepted Answer

Increase consumer goods & rearmament together, Guns and Butter

Question 18

What was the aim of the Marshall Plan?

Accepted Answer

To give aid to Western Europe, To rebuild European economies after the war

Question 19

When did the Western Allies introduce currency reform in West Germany?

Accepted Answer

22nd June 1948, 20th June 1948

Question 20

What does the FRG stand for?

Accepted Answer

federal Republic of Germany

Question 21

What did the GDR stand for?

Accepted Answer

German Democratic Republic

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