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History GCSE Cold War Section 1
History GCSE Cold War Section 1
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Based on the Edexcel course Paper 2
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1
The Marshall Plan 1947 was...?
Economic aid from USA to rebuild Europe
The British attempt to hold on to India
The plan to assassinate communist spies
The military plan to defend Western Europe from the USSR
2
Who warned that "our traditional life will be destroyed" by the Soviets." 22nd Feb 1946
Truman
Churchill
Kennan
Novikov
3
What was the name given to the army of the USSR?
The Soviet Legion
The Communist Peoples' Army
The Marxist Hammer
The Red Army
4
The first conference of The Grand Alliance was in...?
Potsdam
Debden
Yalta
Tehran
5
Which of these was NOT agreed at Yalta? (Feb 1945)
20 billion dollars to be paid by Germany in reparations
The exact boundaries of the four zones in the new Germany
The setting up of The United Nations
The USSR to join the fight against Japan after German defeat
6
The name given to the western zones of Germany when it was unified under one control zone was..
Bizonia
Pneumonia
Trizonia
Quadzonia
7
Three days after the end of the blockade...
The Soviets shot down a civilian airliner
The Warsaw Pact military alliance was set up
The Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) was declared
Stalin had a stroke and died
8
Leaders of USA in order please
Truman, Roosevelt and Eisenhower
Roosevelt, Truman and Eisenhower
Truman, Eisenhower and Roosevelt
Eisenhower, Truman and Roosevelt
9
The Americans developed something in 1952 which accelerated the arms race. What was it?
The Currywurst
The Hydrogen bomb
The ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile)
A nuclear powered tank
10
Trying to limit the spread of Communism was American policy. This was called...?
Roll back
Containment
Get back
The Marshall Plan
11
The Berlin Blockade (1948) was broken by The Berlin Airlift. What was this also called?
Operation Vital
Operation Victor
Operation Vittles
Operation Vitamins
12
Which one of these was not a Soviet satellite state?
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Romania
Poland
13
The capital city of West Germany was...
Leipzig
Berlin
Hamburg
Bonn
14
The West's military alliance to protect against the USSR and their satellite states was called
The Western Pact
The Warsaw Pact
NATO
NETTO
15
The Hungarian Uprising 1956. Which one these did NOT happen?
Rakosi (a hardliner) had been replaced by Nagy (a reformer)
Warsaw Pact troops invaded Hungary
Nagy was executed by the USSR
The Americans sent a small task force to stop Soviet tanks
16
After the USA used two atomic bombs during the Potsdam conference the Soviets developed one in
1946
1953
1950
1949
17
By October 1949 East Germany was set up as a separate state. It was known as...
The Peoples' Republic of Germany (DDG)
The East German State (DDS)
The Communist Republic of Germany (CDR)
The German Democratic Republic (DDR)
18
The Truman Doctrine was...?
To provide doctors to countries fighting disease
To allow nuclear secrets to be shared with allies
To write off Britain's debts to USA after WW2
To help any country defend itself against Communism
19
Soviet leaders in order please...
Stalin, Khrushchev and Lenin
Stalin, Lenin and Khrushchev
Lenin, Stalin and Khrushchev
Lenin, Khrushchev and Stalin
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The Soviet version of The Marshall Plan was called...?
Comecon
Cominform
Comintang
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