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1
The USSR invaded Afghanistan in which year?
1972
1981
1989
1979
2
What was the US mission to airlift food and resources into Berlin during the Soviet blockade of 1948-49 known as?
Operation Blockade
Operation Vital
Operation Vittles
Operation Berlin
3
Which of these statements is an example of a Communist society (Communism)?
People are free to vote for who they want to govern them.
I own a shop and am able to keep the profits I make from it.
No private ownership. The government owns all property.
There is more than 1 political party.
4
Name these 2 leaders of the USA and the USSR.
Kennedy and Stalin
Truman and Stalin
Kennedy and Khrushchev
Truman and Khrushchev
5
Who became leader of Cuba in 1959?
Fidel Castro
Nikita Khrushchev
Josef Stalin
John F Kennedy
6
What did the USA call their blockade of Cuba, to avoid using a term of war?
Naval quarantine
Naval separation
Naval isolation
Naval barrier
7
The USSR believed in which political ideology?
Capitalism
Communism
8
Which of these is NOT an outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
1966 US-Cuba trade agreement
1968 nuclear non-proliferation treaty signed
1963 Test Ban treaty signed
1963 Telephone Hotline set up
9
Who were Britain's main allies in WW2?
France, USA and Italy
France, USA and Japan
USA, Italy and Germany
France, USA and USSR
10
Where did 1400 Cuban exiles land in April 1961 in an American-backed invasion to overthrow this new Cuban leader?
Bay of Cows
Bay of Pigs
Isle of Dogs
Ise of Cats
11
Which of these is NOT a reason why the USSR could not win the war?
The USSR's tanks were useless in the mountains
The mountainous terrain, with caves for hiding in
The rebels were fighting with American and British weapons
The USSR troops were used to fighting in a harsh climate
12
When was construction of the Berlin Wall started?
1959
1968
1979
1961
13
What was formed in 1949 to protect against Soviet attack?
League of Nations
Warsaw Pact
NATO
United Nations
14
What happened on 9th November 1989, that sent the world the message that communism was falling in Europe?
The USSR invades Afghanistan
The USA invades East Germany
The USA invades the USSR
People start to pull down the Berlin Wall
15
Which statement was NOT an outcome of this failed invasion?
Cuba was made officially Communist
The USA were embarrassed. They looked like they had lost.
The USA and Cuba started trading with each other again.
Khrushchev stated the USSR would give Cuba weapons.
16
After 'Prague Spring', Brezhnev created his new doctrine. What did it say?
The USSR would stop any threat to communism by itself
Some communist countries were allowed to become capitalist
All communist countries would work together to stop threats to communism
Any communist country was allowed to become capitalist
17
How much did the war cost the USSR each year (for 10 years)?
$10 billion
$6 billion
$4 billion
$8 billion
18
How many Warsaw Pact troops invaded Czechoslovakia in response to 'Prague Spring'?
250,000
100,000
750,000
500,000
19
What happened to the leader of Czechoslovakia after this invasion?
Arrested, sent to Moscow and replaced by a more 'hardline' communist
Killed in the fighting
Pardoned by Brezhnev and allowed to stay as leader
Arrested and sent to a gulag
20
What did a US spy plane spot in Cuba on 14th October 1962?
Cuban troops getting ready to invade the USA
Ballistic missiles
Launch pads for ballistic missiles
Soviet troops invading Cuba
21
The USSR were fighting rebels known as what?
Mujahideen
Cuban Exiles
The IRA
The PLO
22
Name these 2 leaders who worked together to end the Cold War.
Gorbachev and Reagan
Gorbachev and Eisenhower
Gorbachev and Carter
Gorbachev and Kennedy
23
Name the leader of Czechoslovakia wh introduced the 'Prague Spring' reforms of 1968.
Novotny
Brezhnev
Dubcek
Amin
24
Which is the correct chronological (time) order of the allied conferences?
Tehran, Yalta, Potsdam
Yalta, Tehran, Potsdam
Tehran, Potsdam, Yalta
25
Gorbachev became leader of the USSR in 1985. He introduced 2 new progressive policies known as?
Glasnost and Helsinki Reforms
Perestroika and Glasnost
Brezhnev Doctrine and Prague Spring
Prague Spring and Perestroika
26
Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland became '____________' states of the USSR after 1947. Fill in the gap.
satellite
special
sun
solar
27
Finally the USSR agreed to remove their missiles from Cuba if the USA removed their missiles from where?
Poland
The UK
Finland
Turkey
28
How many zones was Germany split into in 1945?
3
4
5
2
29
After WW2, which 2 countries emerged as world superpowers?
USA and China
China and Brazil
USA and the USSR
China and the UK
30
When Berlin was split into East and West, what did the movement of skilled workers from E to W Germany become known as?
The Skill Set
Brain Drain
End Game
West is best
