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COLD WAR QUIZ Y13 SHL
COLD WAR QUIZ Y13 SHL
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20 question quiz covering Cold War course from 1945 to 1963 for A level student starter recap.
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1
Operation Mongoose sought to overthrow Ho Chi Minh
True
False
2
Diem's actions in South Vietnam led to Catholic opposition
True
False
3
How much money was spent on recovery packages in the Marshall Plan?
$5 million
$12 million
$12 billion
$5 billion
4
In which year was Sputnik successfully launched?
1960
1958
1957
1959
5
In what year was the Warsaw Pact formed?
1955
1953
1951
1949
6
In which state did Winston Churchill deliver his famous 'Iron Curtain' speech in 1946?
Missouri
Texas
Illinois
Indiana
7
Which of these events did not happen in 1956?
Khrushchev's secret speech
Hungarian uprising
Camp David
Polish uprising
8
The Long telegram supported aggression towards the Soviets
False
True
9
What was agreed in the Austrian State Treaty 1955?
Austrian to be divided
Austria to be neutral
Austria to be in Western sphere of influence
Austria to be in Soviet sphere of influence
10
Who was described as the "miracle man of Asia"?
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ho Chi MInh
Bao Dai
Nguyen Huu
11
Who said "Vietnam is the place"?
Kennedy
Truman
Eisenhower
Johnson
12
Containment sought to prevent the spread of communism
True
False
13
Kennedy and Khrushchev met at Camp David in 1959
False
True
14
Who led the UN forces in the Korean War?
MacArthur
Dulles
Westmoreland
McCarthy
15
Where was the border between North and South Vietnam?
19th parallel
11th parallel
13th parallel
17th parallel
16
Which President introduced the 'New Look' policy?
Johnson
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Truman
17
Which is the correct line-up at Yalta?
Atlee, Roosevelt & Stalin
Churchill, Truman & Stalin
Churchill, Roosevelt & Stalin
Atlee, Truman & Stalin
18
Kennedy increased US involvement in Vietnam
False
True
19
The US "nuclear monopoly" lasted 4 years
False
True
20
Tito's Yugoslavia took Marshall aid from USA
False
True
