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GCSE Cold War Quiz - Korea, Vietnam, Cuba
GCSE Cold War Quiz - Korea, Vietnam, Cuba
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What was Vietnam divided along?
38th Parallel
48th Parallel
19th Parallel
17th Parallel
2
Where were South Korean forces pushed to after the intial Northern attack?
Inchon
Seoul
Pusan
Busan
3
When was SEATO setup?
1960
1952
1954
1950
4
When did Castro overthrow Batista?
1962
1953
1952
1959
5
Where did the KMT set up its government after the Chinese civil war?
Taiwan
Cambodia
Japan
Manchuria
6
When was the first H-Bomb detonated?
1960
1951
1953
1945
7
Who was the leader of North Korea?
Kim Jong Un
Kim Il Sung
Kim Han Bok
Kim Kardashian
8
What was the name of the US backed dictator of Cuba?
Batista
Dubcek
Che Guevara
Stone Cold Steve Austin
9
Along what line of latitude was Korea divided?
17th Parallel
38th Parallel
21st Parallel
42nd Parallel
10
Which of these did the Soviets NOT send to support the war in Korea?
Tactical Support and Planning
MiG Fighters
Soviet Pilots
Infantry
11
What was the name for Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia?
Siam
Indochina
Malaysia
Sinoa
12
How many Cuban exiles were in the invasion force?
14,000
1400
20,000
9000
13
Where did the US amphibious assault land in Korea?
Pyongyang
Busan
Inchon
Pusan
14
When did the USSR and China sign the "Treaty of Friendship"?
1950
1948
1947
1960
15
What was the name of the Russian operation to put missiles and soldiers in Cuba?
Vasili
Anadyr
Perestroika
Glasnost
16
Which country was involved in Vietnam 1945-54?
France
USA
Britain
The Netherlands
17
What was the name of the pact made by the US with Australia and New Zealand?
UAZ
NZUSAUS
ANZUS
USANZ
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Who was the leader of the nationalist KMT?
Chiang Kai-shek
Ho Chi Minh
Jack Ma
Deng Xiaoping
19
To what level did JFK increase the number of advisors?
500
50,000
12,000
100,000
20
Who was the first US president to send advisors to Vietnam?
Truman
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Ford
21
When was the Bay of Pigs invasion?
May of 1959
April of 1961
September of 1970
Summer of 1956
22
Which rock band does a US spy plane share a name with?
The Eagles
U2
Blur
Rage Against the Machine
23
What kind of nuclear policy did the USA think the USSR had moved towards?
Massive Atomic Deployment
First Blood
Mutually Assured Destruction
First Strike
24
Which side attacked across the 38th Parallel in June 1950?
South Korea
North Korea
25
Who was the leader of North Vietnamese forces?
Kim Il Sung
Ho Chi Minh
Fidel Castro
Mao Zedong
26
What was the US afraid of happening in South East Asia?
The Domino Effect
The Lego Effect
Two for Tuesdays
The Lynx Effect
27
In what year did China become a fully communist country?
1939
1953
1945
1949
28
What was the name of the South Vietnamese guerilla forces that fought the USA and ARVN?
Viet Cong
North Vietnamese Army
NVA
Viet Minh
29
What was Cuba's main export?
Tungsten
Cars
Sugar
Cigars
30
How many Russian soliders were there on Cuba in October 1962?
150,000
62,415
42,000
30,000
31
Which country had control over Korea before 1945?
Japan
Mongolia
France
China
32
Who was the leader of South Korea?
Lee Sang Hyeok
Syngman Rhee
Kim Hyuk-kyu
Bong Joon-ho
33
Who led the Chinese Communists?
Mao Zedong
Lü Xiaojun
Xi Jinping
Yao Ming
34
Who was the South Vietnamese leader?
Madame Pho
Dim Sum
Syngman Rhee
Ngo Dinh Diem
35
Why did Kennedy feel a personal connection to supporting Ngo Din Diem?
Ngo was married to an American
He was the same age
Ngo had been born in Boston
He was a catholic
36
Where did the UN forces push the North to in their counter-attack?
Seoul
Jimin River
Yalu River
Dakgangjeong
37
When did the USSR first successfully test a nuclear bomb?
1947
1949
1951
1942
38
How many Russian soliders were there on Cuba in October 1962?
20,000
500
38,000
10,000
39
When did the Cuban missile crisis take place?
October of 1963
October of 1962
November of 1963
November of 1962
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What was the name of the US Senator who stoked anti-Communist hysterian in America?
McQuoid
MacArthur
McDonald
McCarthy
41
When were missile sites discovered by the U2 spy plane?
22nd October
14th October
16th October
28th October
42
When did the war reach a stalemate along the original line of division?
December of 1950
September of 1953
June of 1951
July of 1952
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What was the name of the split that occurred in 1960?
Russo-Chinese Split
Sino-Chinese Split
Maoist-Stalinist Split
Sino-Soviet Split