Origins of Cold War Quiz!

Question 1

Which countries underwent the process of Sovietisation in Europe?

Accepted Answer

Poland, Czechoslovakia

Question 2

What year did the Potsdam Conference take place?

Accepted Answer

1945

Question 3

Why did Stalin initiate the Berlin Blockade in 1948?

Accepted Answer

The Allies introduced the Deutsche mark into West Berlin

Question 4

What organisation did the USSR create in reaction to the Marshall Plan?

Accepted Answer

Council for Mutual Economic Assistance

Question 5

What did the Long Telegram by George Kennan suggest?

Accepted Answer

Soviets were bent on worldwide revolution and expansionism

Question 6

Which of the following countries is NOT a member of NATO?

Accepted Answer

Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia

Question 7

What best defines the start of the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

No more cooperation between the Allies, Division of Europe into two blocs

Question 8

In 1946, Truman requested that Congress appropriate $400 million in aid to which two countries?

Accepted Answer

Greece, Turkey

Question 9

Who was the US President who took over from Roosevelt in 1945?

Accepted Answer

Truman

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