What was the Iron Curtain?

A metaphor regarding Stalin's sphere of influence

What was one major consequence of Berlin Blockade?

NATO was formed just before the end of the Blockade

Set up to control governments inside the Sphere of Influence

Berlin Blockade - why did it happen?

Trizonia and introduction of new currency

Key stats of the Berlin Blockade...

600 flights a day, 1 million tonnes of coal, 2.25m Germans

What was agreed at Tehran?

West open up a new front (D-Day) against Nazis

What was another consequence of the Berlin Blockade?

West Germany and East Germany became official countries

The Long/Novikov Telegrams - what did they show?

USA/USSR both prepping for War and lots of propaganda

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1
What was the Iron Curtain?
A metaphor regarding Stalin's sphere of influence
A curtain made of iron
Stalin's pseudonym during assassination attempts
A new form of tactical bombing
2
How much money was in the Marshall Plan ?
$6.6 billion
$1billion
$13 billion
$200 billion
3
What was one major consequence of Berlin Blockade?
Stalin died
The Hungarian Uprising
NATO was formed just before the end of the Blockade
USSR attacked American planes
4
Why was Stalin angry about Potsdam?
Truman disagreed with him constantly
All of these
The atomic bomb
Disagreements on future of Germany and Poland
5
What is Sphere of Influence also known as?
All of these
'Behind the Iron Curtain'
Eastern Bloc
Satellite States
6
What was Cominform?
To give communist countries money
Set up to control governments inside the Sphere of Influence
Encourage countries to leave Warsaw Pact
Make statues of Stalin
7
Berlin Blockade - why did it happen?
Iron Curtain speech
the atomic bomb
Trizonia and introduction of new currency
Cominform
8
What was Truman Doctrine also known as?
Containment
Iron Curtain Speech
Eastern Bloc
Novikov Telegram
9
Who was at the Conference?
Stalin Attlee Roosevelt
Stalin Churchill Roosevelt
Khrushchev Attlee Truman
Stalin Churchill Truman
10
Key stats of the Berlin Blockade...
500 flights a day, 10 million tonnes of coal, 9m Germans
2000000 flights a day, 1 ton of coal, 2m Germans
1000 flights a day, 2 billion tonnes of coal, 3m Germans
600 flights a day, 1 million tonnes of coal, 2.25m Germans
11
What was there disagreement about at Yalta?
Future of Poland
Future of USSR
Stalin and Churchill
Truman Doctrine
12
What was agreed at Tehran?
Division of Germany into quarters
No agreements
West open up a new front (D-Day) against Nazis
Make peace with Hitler
13
What was another consequence of the Berlin Blockade?
Warsaw Pact was formed
West Germany and East Germany became official countries
Khrushchev became leader
Americans hanged the Rosenburgs
14
When was Potsdam?
April 1945
Dec 1945
February 1945
July-Aug 1945
15
When was the Tehran Conference?
1943
1941
1942
1945
16
What were the main agreements of Yalta?
All of these
USSR to enter War against Japan upon defeat of Nazis
Talks to divide Germany/Berlin quarters
United Nations set up
17
When was Yalta Conference?
Feb 1945
Jan 1945
Mar 1945
July 1945
18
The Long/Novikov Telegrams - what did they show?
USA are building chemical weapon sites near Moscow
USA/USSR both prepping for War and lots of propaganda
USSR are catching up in the Arms race
Both sides building blockades in Berlin

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