Origins of the Cold War

Question 1

When was the North Atlantic Treaty signed?

Accepted Answer

4th April 1949

Question 2

Which country turned communist in 1948

Accepted Answer

Czechoslovakia

Question 3

Which of the below is a quote from the Truman Doctrine?

Accepted Answer

it must be the policy of the [US] to support free peoples

Question 4

Which position do you take on the inevitability of the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

Inevitable, Not inevitable, Other

Question 5

How much aid did the Marshall Plan give to Europe?

Accepted Answer

17 billion

Question 6

When was the last council of Foreign Ministers meeting (in the 1940s)

Accepted Answer

Paris 1949

Question 7

Which nation was NOT part of the Warsaw Pact

Accepted Answer

Yugoslavia

Question 8

Which of the below countries suffered the most fatalities in WW2?

Accepted Answer

USSR

Question 9

How long did the Berlin airlift last?

Accepted Answer

11 months

Question 10

What was the Marshall Plan?

Accepted Answer

An plan for economic aid to be channelled into Europe

Question 11

Does Leffler agree with Gaddis' synthesis?

Accepted Answer

No

Question 12

Which countries were specifically mentioned in the Truman Doctrine?

Accepted Answer

Turkey and Greece

Question 13

Which historiographical view does Gaddis support?

Accepted Answer

Orthodox

Question 14

Which influential American is associated the concept of containment?

Accepted Answer

George Kennan

Question 15

What was the first conference of the UK, USA and USSR?

Accepted Answer

Tehran

Question 16

Which position do you take on who started the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

USA, USSR, Other?, Both have equal responsibility

Question 17

According to McCauley, did the the antagonists want a cold war?

Accepted Answer

Neither of them desired the breakdown of relations/Cold War

Questions 17