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Revision of AQA A-Level History The Cold War 1945 - 1991
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1
Which is a false statement about the percentages agreement of 1944?
USSR and Britain to share 50 % each of Hungary
USSR to have 90 % predominance over Romania
Britain to have 25 % of predominance over Czechoslovakia
Britain to have 90 % predominance over Greece
2
Germany was divided into 4 zones. Which zone wanted Germany to be divided into small states?
The American Zone
The Soviet Zone
The French Zone
The British Zone
3
Which was not a principle of the NLF guerrilla forces?
always show peasants respect
do not destroy land or crops
always keep your word
always slit the throat of your enemy
4
Became leader of Angola after victory in the Civil War?
Agostinho Neto
Daniel Ortega Saavedra
General Anastasio Somoza
Colonel Mengistu Mariam
5
Edvard Benes resigned as president of this country in 1948 and left communists in control?
Hungary
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Romania
6
Which was not a member of SEATO ?
India
USA
Philippines
Pakistan
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Which was not a reason for the escalation of the conflict in Vietnam>
US support for Diem's ailing regime
UN intervention and use of troops
Ho Chi Minh's leadership
Diem's failures
8
Which is not a reason for growing tensions after Potsdam by 1947?
The USSR tests its first nuclear weapon
Churchill's 'Iron Curtain' speech
The Truman Doctrine
Sovietisation of Eastern Europe
9
Stalin was an 'enemy of the people' Who said this in 1956?
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Gorbachev
Khrushchev
10
Which did not have an influence in pressuring Soviet foreign policy under Brezhnev?
China accuses USSR of revisionist imperialism
China begins to seek rapport with the USA
The Prague Spring
Korean flight KAL - 007 shot down
11
Who became a member of NATO in 1955?
South Korea
Taiwan
West Germany
Greece
12
What was 'brinkmanship' ?
To convince an opponent that there is a definite risk of war
Use of ships to carry men to peace talks
To pressure a country with massive sanctions
Use of diplomacy to end tension
13
Not a factor for undermining Soviet economic growth?
State controlled business
Alcoholism
Lack of foreign investment
Poor transportation system
14
Gagarin becomes the first man in space...
1964
1965
1961
1963
15
Who was not at Yalta ?
Theodore Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
16
What was the Hallstein doctrine?
FRG end relations with states who recognize GDR, except USSR
The order to build a wall in Berlin
Official name for the Berlin airlift
Sanctions by FRG against the GDR
17
Not a example of Nixon's failures in Vietnam
Laos invaded
Bombing campaigns continued
Cambodia invaded
Ended the draft
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Which of the following former Cold War leaders are still alive (as of Dec 2018) ?
George H W Bush
Jimmy Carter
Margaret Thatcher
Boris Yeltsin
