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1945-1991 Basic Cold War quiz
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1
What did Castro ask the Soviet Union to do in 1961?
Build a bridge from Russia to Cuba
Send him a thousand cigars
Put missiles on Cuba to protect it from American invasion
Invade the USA
2
Who became leader of Cuba in 1959?
Frank Carter
Fidel Castro
Freddie Champion
Felix Cortes
3
Which President began
Vietnamisation
- withdrawing US troops and training the South Vietnamese?
Richard Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
Harry Truman
Barack Obama
4
In what year was the Berlin Wall built?
1964
1961
1969
1955
5
Why was the Berlin Wall built?
To keep out migrants from Western Europe
To show off how much cement the East German government had
To stop American troops invading East Berlin
1000s of refugees were fleeing the communist East every day
6
The first human in space was...
Neil Armstrong
David Bowie
Buzz Aldrin
Yuri Gagarin
7
What name was given to the guerrilla fighters who wanted to take over South Vietnam?
Vietcong
Vietmen
Viennetta
Vietcampaigners
8
Which country detonated
Tsar Bomba
in a 1961 test, causing the largest nuclear explosion ever?
France
USA
Soviet Union
China
9
Which weapon did the USA develop in the 1940s through the Manhattan Project?
Lightsaber
Napalm
Laser cannon
Atomic bomb
10
When did the USA first send soldiers to fight in Vietnam?
1962
1977
1965
1958
11
What kind of government did the Soviet Union have, since the Russia Revolution in 1917?
Fascist
Humanist
Capitalist
Communist
12
By 1949, Germany was divided and the Soviets controlled the communist zone in the...
South
East
North
West
13
Which of these was
not
part of Gorbachev's policy of "glasnost" in the Soviet Union?
More government control over businesses
Less censorship
More freedom to criticise the government
More open discussion of political issues in the media
14
Which US President said "Ich bin ein Berliner" in a speech at the wall?
Trump
Kennedy
Roosevelt
Nixon
15
Who became leader of the Soviet Union in 1985?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Branislav Ivanovic
Dimitar Berbatov
Leonid Brezhnev
16
In 1991, the Soviet Union...
dissolved into 15 separate countries
sent a mission to Mars
became part of China
invaded the USA
17
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union until 1953?
Andrei Arshavin
Nikita Khrushchev
Vladimir Lenin
Josef Stalin
18
What was Kennedy's response when the missile sites were found, to stop them being completed?
Set up a naval blockade
Invade East Berlin
Invade Cuba
Bomb the sites
19
The first successful mission to land men on the moon was called...
Interstellar
Sputnik
Apollo 13
Apollo 11
20
When was the fall of the Berlin Wall?
1989
1993
1975
1984
21
Who became leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin?
Kalashnikov
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Konta
22
What did Stalin want to create in Eastern Europe, to prevent Russia from being invaded again?
A "buffet zone" of delicious steaks
A "buffer zone" of communist states
A "button zone" of textile factories
A "buffalo zone" of animal defences
23
The USA gave $13b to European countries to help economic recovery and stop communism spreading:
The Marsupial Plan
The Marshall Plan
The Marshmallow Plan
The Martian Plan
24
The period of increased co-operation between the USA and Soviet Union in the 1960s and 1970s:
Debutante
Debuchy
Détente
Dettol
25
There were free elections across Eastern Europe in 1989-1991. Which party won power in Poland?
Soldier Party
Solitaries
Solidarity
Solomon
