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Edexcel; History: Superpower Relations and the Cold War, 1941 - 91
Edexcel; History: Superpower Relations and the Cold War, 1941 - 91
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1
When was West Germany formed?
January 1947
May 1949
October 1949
August 1948
2
Who did the USSR install as leader of Afghanistan following their 1979 invasion?
Janos Kadar
Hafizullah Amin
Barbrak Karmal
Muhammed Taraki
3
The US agreed to do what in return for the USSR to remove missiles from Cuba?
Remove missiles from Turkey and Italy
Purchase Alaska
Withdraw soldiers from Korea and Japan
4
When was Germany reunited?
1991
1989
1990
1999
5
When did the Berlin Airlift begin?
October 1962
June 1948
September 1949
November 1962
6
How many people died trying to cross the Berlin Wall?
5,000
200,000
200
1,000
7
When was the Third Reich defeated?
February 1945
November 1943
May 1945
November 1945
8
How much money did The Marshall Plan (1947) pump into Europe?
$17 billion
$10 billion
$1.3 trillion
$13 billion
9
Which leader withdrew Hungary from the Warsaw Pact in 1956?
Imre Nagy
Janos Kadar
Nikita Khrushchev
Matyas Rakosi
10
Gorbachev was very popular. __________ swept the West.
'Normalisation'
'De-Stalinisation'
'Gorbymania'
Communism
11
When was the Berlin wall completed?
August 1961
May 1960
October 1961
September 1959
12
When did the USA develop the H-Bomb?
1952
1945
1953
1949
13
Who was installed as leader of Czechoslovakia after Dubcek was deposed?
Imre Nagy
Janos Kadar
Gustav Husak
14
Which policies did Gorbachev announce in 1988
The Truman Doctrine
The Carter Doctrine
Perestroika
The Brezhnev Doctrine
15
How many Germans crossed from East to West Berlin between 1949 and 1961?
2.7 million
1,000
5,000
200,000
16
When did the USSR invade Czechoslovakia to install 'Normalisation'?
January 1968
October 1956
August 1968
April 1961
17
How did President Carter react to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan?
Employed the Truman Doctrine
Launched an amphibious assault on Grenada
Employed the Truman Doctrine
Withdrew missiles from Turkey and Italy
18
How many Soviet troops invaded Hungary in November 1956?
34,476,700
100,000
200,000
5,971,000
19
When did U-2 Spy Planes discover missile sights in Cuba?
October 1962
September 1962
August 1964
January 1968
20
When did the USSR dissolve?
July 1991
December 1991
May 1988
21
When was the Non-Nuclear Proliferation Treaty signed?
1968
1963
1965
1967
22
When was the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty 2 (SALT II) signed?
1972
1975
1973
1979
23
Reagan labelled the USSR the...
Axis
'Axis of Evil'
'Evil Empire'
Central Alliance
24
When did East Germany become a Communist 'Satellite' State?
October 1949
February 1948
December 1947
August 1949
25
How many Hungarians died as a result of the Soviet invasion?
200,000
100,000
5,000
1,000
26
Who became the leader of the socialist government in Cuba in 1959?
Fidel Castro
Mao Zedong
Ho Chi Minh
Vladimir Lenin
27
Who did the US support in the USSR's invasion of Afghanistan?
The ARVN
Mujahideen
Cuban Exiles
The SDF
28
Which military alliance was established in 1949?
Comecon
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
Cominform
The Warsaw Pact
29
How many US-backed troops were involved in The Bay of Pigs Invasion?
1,400
200,000
100,000
20,000
30
Which telegram did the US ambassador Kennan send to President Truman?
The Zimmerman Telegram (1917)
McCarthy's Telegram to Truman (1950)
The Long Telegram (1946)
Novikov's Telegram (1946)
31
Which conference established the UN?
The Tehran Conference: November - December 1943
Paris Peace Conference 1919 - 1920
The Yalta Conference: February 1945
The Potsdam Conference: July - August 1945
32
Alexander Dubcek's reforms in Czechoslovakia in 1968 led to...
The Arab Spring
Euromaiden
The Melon Revolution
The Prague Spring
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What did Communists believe in?
Nationalisation: state-run economy
Individuals are stronger than people working in a group
Everyone is free to make money for themselves
Privatisation: individuals running an economy
