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Cold War origins basic quiz
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1
The Cold War was the result of what between the USA and USSR?
Suspicious Minds
Suspicion, Mistrust and lies
Suspicion, Rivalry and Jealousy
Suspicion, Rivalry and Mistrust
2
Why was the atmosphere at Potsdam different to that at Yalta?
Truman was replaced by FDR
FDR was replaced by Truman
Churchill was replaced by Attlee
Stalin was replaced by Lenin
3
ICBM stands for ....
Inter Consequential Ballistic Missile
Inter Continental Ballistic Machine
Inter Continental Big Missile
Inter Continental Ballistic Missile
4
NATO was set up in
April 1950
April 1946
April 1949
April 1945
5
Which events in the 1920s demonstrated the American fear of Communism?
The Red Scare
The Red Bear
The Great War
The Russian Revolution
6
What coordinated the work of Communist parties in eastern Europe?
Comintern
Cominform
Comecon
Communism
7
What did 'Trizonia' become in 1949?
NATO
East Germany
West Berlin
West Germany
8
What did they agree to do at Yalta?
Hunt down Nazi war criminals
Free election in Europe and create the United Nations
Drop the Atom Bomb
Divide Germany and Berlin into 4 zones
9
At the end of WWII the USA and USSR become the worlds first ....
Super States
Superior Powers
Super Stars
Super Powers
10
In 1957 the USSR launched what that change the face of the Cold War?
Leica
Tsar Bomb
Sputnik
Telstar
11
Who, with US and GB support, won the Greek Civil War in 1950?
The Communists
The UN
The Democrats
The Royalists
12
What did they disagree about at Yalta?
Poland's borders
US borders
Biscuits
Using the Atom Bomb
13
How did the US upset the USSR before Potsdam?
They ended Lend -Lease
They delayed a $1 Billion loan
They invaded Japan
They kept the Manhattan Project secret
14
Who met at Yalta in February 1945?
Stalin, Attlee and Truman
Stalin, Churchill and Truman
Stalin, Churchill and FDR
Stalin, Hitler and Mussolini
15
Where did Churchill's 'Iron Curtain' begin and end?
Washington - Moscow
Yalta - Potsdam
Fulton - Missouri
Stettin - Triest
16
Which of the following are true?
USA was Capitalist
USSR was Communist
USA was Communist
USSR was Capitalist
17
The Truman Doctrine offered to give what to nations wishing to resist Communism?
money, equipment and advice
Advice, Money and soldiers
Monet, equipment, advice
Money, equipment, advertising
18
The German Democratic Republic, formed in 1949, ....
Germany
West Germany
East Germany
Weimar Germany
19
The Marshall Plan was directed against
hunger, despair, destruction, deceit
hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos
Communism
Fascism
20
How did the Atomic Bomb influence relations between the USSR and USA?
The USSR felt it had been 'kept in the dark'
It prevented the USSR invading Japan
It demonstrated US power
It made the USSR feel threatened
21
When did the Communists (Bolsheviks) seize power in Russia?
1971
1939
1921
1917
22
The Marshall Plan made how much available over the first 4 years?
$100 million
$100 Billion
$500 million
$17 Billion
23
What did the Allies disagree about at Potsdam?
Reparations
Soviet policy in Eastern Europe
Soviet policy in Western Europe
Whether or not to allow Germany to rebuild
24
Why did the USSR mistrust the Western Powers (e.g., USA, GB , France)?
They had not given them money
They had excluded the USSR in Appeasement decisions
They had allowed Hitler to make Germany strong
They had tried to stop the Bolsheviks after WWI
25
How long did the 'Berlin Blockade' last?
20 weeks
10 weeks
6 months
10 months
