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1
Which nation established a functioning ICBM first?
USA
USSR
Britain
China
2
In what year did the Tehran Conference take place?
1945
1942
1943
1944
3
In what month and year did the USSR blockade Berlin from the western zones?
June 1950
January 1949
June 1948
July 1949
4
What did the USA do when they spotted Soviet missiles being sent to Cuba in 1962?
Launched air strikes on Cuba
Navally blockaded Cuba
Invaded Cuba
Nothing
5
What did the US claim that the plane that Gary Powers was piloting was doing when it was shot down over the USSR?
Passenger plane
Stunt plane
Spy plane
Weather plane
6
How long did it take for Cuba to defeat the USA at the Bay of Pigs in 1961?
6 days
4 days
2 days
8 days
7
In which zone of occupation in Germany was the capital city, Berlin?
America
France
Britain
USSR
8
In what year did Stalin die?
1949
1953
1951
1955
9
In what city were the US and Soviet leaders planning to meet to resolve the issue of Berlin in 1960?
London
Paris
Washington
Moscow
10
What were the Marshall Plan payments aiming to do?
Support European nations to become capitalist
Charity donations to European nations
Bribe the USSR into becoming capitalist
Support European nations to prevent them from becoming communist
11
What did the Moscow Protocol force Czechoslovakia to accept?
That they would be absorbed into the USSR
That they could keep their liberal reforms
That they had to remain communist
That they had to change religion
12
How many nations signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1968?
62
6
126
26
13
Which of the following was agreed at the Yalta Conference?
Poland to become communist
Germany to split into 4 zones
USSR to establish the Warsaw Pact
D-Day landings to be launched
14
How long did the Berlin airlift last for?
9 months
2 years
1 year
11 months
15
For how many hours did US and Soviet tanks stand off at Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin during the 1961 crisis?
9 hours
24 hours
16 hours
3 hours
16
In what year did the American President visit China for the first time since they had become communist in 1949?
1968
1966
1972
1970
17
In what month and year did Churchill's 'Iron Curtain' speech take place?
March 1946
March 1947
May 1944
May 1945
18
What was the name of the Czech leader who launched the Prague Spring?
Novotny
Dubcek
Nagy
Rakosi
19
In what year did Cuba become communist?
1960
1959
1958
1960
20
What was the name of the two telegrams sent which identified the USA and USSR as each others' enemy?
Novikov and Short
Novichok and Long
Novikov and Kennan
Kennan and Long
21
Who were the three leaders at the Potsdam Conference?
Attlee, Truman, Stalin
Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin
Churchill, Truman, Stalin
Attlee, Roosevelt, Stalin
22
What was the name of the Hungarian leader who established more liberal laws in Hungary?
Dubcek
Rakosi
Nagy
Kadar
23
How many people had fled East Gemany to West Germany via West Berlin during the 1950s?
2 million
3 million
1 million
4 million
24
Which nations fought in the Korean War?
Britain and China
North Korea and South Korea
All of the option
USSR and USA
25
How many days did the Cuban Missile Crisis last for?
13 days
9 days
11 days
15 days
26
What did Khrushchev order to be built in order to prevent East Germans fleeing into West Berlin?
An electric fence
A wall
A moat
A watchtower
27
What was established between the Kremline and the Whitehouse following the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Internet
A fax machine
A telephone line
A tunnel
28
What was the purpose of the establishment of NATO?
To intimidate the USSR into giving independence to the satellite states
To deter the USSR from invading smaller non communist nations
To make global decisions
To enable free trade between America and Europe
29
What is the correct order of the wartime conferences?
Yalta, Tehran, Potsdam
Potsdam, Yalta, Tehran
Tehran, Yalta, Potsdam
Yalta, Potsdam, Tehran
30
What policy did the Truman Doctrine establish?
Containment
Destruction
Protection
Expansion
