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A #ModernHistory #HSC quiz on #TheColdWar for #InternationalStudiesinPeaceandConflict
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1
Which American president was the key supporter of detente?
JFK
Reagan
Nixon
Eisenhower
2
In what order did the post-WWII conferences take place?
Tehran, Yalta, Potsdam
Tehran, Yalta, Potsdam
Potsdam, Yalta, Tehran
Yalta, Tehran, Potsdam
3
What non-ideological issues drove Russia?
Spread of communism
Support of Afghanistan
National Security and a source of resources
Political dominance to maintain imperialism
4
"The loss of Indochina, of Burma, of Thailand, of the Malay Peninsula" refers to what idea?
Massive retaliation
Domino Theory
Peaceful co-existence
Brinkmanship
5
What was the Marshall Plan?
A plan to finance economic recovery in the Middle East
A plan to spread American control
A plan to finance economic recovery in Europe
A plan to contain communist ideology
6
What type of missiles were based in Turkey?
ICBMs
Minuteman missiles
SLBMs
ABMs
7
What was Russia's response to the Marshall Plan
Comecon and Cominform
Comecon and Communist
Comicon and Comintern
Comicon and Containment
8
What did the Jackson Amendment aim to do?
Limit trade of raw materials but increase manufactured goods
Allow Christian missionaries into East Berlin and Moscow
Free up US-Soviet trade in exchange for emigration of Jews
Increase trade of raw materials
9
What was one of the reasons for the building of the Berlin Wall?
To stop East Germans leaving East Berlin
To stop East and West Berlin from unifying
To stop American tourism
To stop the airlifts of goods into Berlin
10
What was the USSR's proposed eastern border called?
Curzon Line
Schlieffen Plan
Oder-Neise Line
Barbarossa Line
11
What did Perestroika aim to achieve?
Restructure Soviet society
Bring back collectivisation
Revisit established Soviet history
Allow the Russian Orthodox Church more rights
12
What was NOT a reason for detente?
Henry Kissinger's belief in linkage
The Soviet achievement of nuclear parity with the US
The US's desire to stay in Vietnam
The weakness of the Soviet Union's economic position.
13
When did the Americans win the Space Race?
When they had the first man in space
When they had the first woman in space
When they launched Skylab
When they had the first man on the moon
14
What is Mrs Gambrill thinking right now?
I have a nice class
All of the above
I am sorry to be leaving in the last two weeks
I hope they do well in their exam
15
What was the military campaign that saw Hitler send troops into Russia?
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Odessa
Operation Desert Storm
Operation Magic Carpet
16
What impact did China becoming communist have on America?
Anti-imperialist sentiment took over
Anti-capitalist sentiment took over
Anti-communist sentiment took over
Anti-nationalist sentiment took over
17
The USSR agreed to pull their missiles from Cuba in exchange for what action by America?
Removal of missiles from Turkey
The continued purchase of Cuban cigars
The promise to distance themselves from anti-communist men
Assassination of JFK
18
Who said, "Our policy will be one of swift and effective retribution"?
Reagan
JFK
Nixon
Carter
19
What did the SALT-1 Treaty aim to achieve?
Limit on offensive weapons, increase of ABMs
Limit on offensive weapons and SLBMs
Limit on offensive weapons and ABMs
Limit on offensive weapons, increase of SLBMs
20
What was the principal reason behind American intervention in Europe?
To preserve the size of Poland
To preserve the United Nations
To preserve voting rights for Russian cities
To preserve democracy and freedom
21
When did West Germany acknowledge the Oder-Niese Line?
September 1991
March 1954
Never
December 1970
22
What affect did the Sino-Soviet split have on communism?
It had no affect on communism
It made all countries follow Chinese communism
It destroyed the unity of the world communist movement
It strengthened communism across Europe and Asia
23
What did the CFE (Conventional Forces in Europe) Treaty limit?
Troops
Nuclear missiles with a range of under 500 kms
ICBMs and SLBMs
Military hardware
24
What was the name of the politicial fiasco Reagan experienced in his first administration?
Lewinsky Scandal
Khemlani Loans Affair
Iran-Contra Affair
Watergate Scandal
25
What was the US policy in Africa under Reagan?
Constructive engagement
Brinkmanship
Massive retaliation
Containment
26
What was the idea behind Star Wars (the initiative not the movie)
Transport men to the International Space Station
Establish anti-ballistic missile defences in outer space
Create a shuttle to fight other shuttles in outer space
Destroy all meteors near Earth
27
What policy was the Korean War an example of?
Capitalism
Marshall Plan
Containment
Brezhnev Doctrine
28
What was the Brezhnev Doctrine?
The practice of taking control of farms
The act of making Comecon set sale prices on commodities
An attempt to stop the spread of democracy in USSR's sphere
The idea that all countries in Asia should be communist
29
What was US policy in the Middle East under Reagan?
Encourage American franchises to set up in the Middle East
Back Israel and moderate Arab states
Attack Israel and Palestine
Pay for Jewish people to emigrate from Israel
30
Why did the USSR pull out of Afghanistan in 1989?
Gorbachev was a pacifist
Draining resources in USSR and raw materials in Afghanistan
The Soviets could not get a good sale price for poppies
Draining resources, killing men, was unwinnable
31
What is NOT a reason for the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan?
Get Afghanistan into its frontier zone of control
Stop the spread of Islamic fundamentalism
To get access to raw materials and poppy fields
The desire to install a Soviet-friendly leader
32
What was the US policy in Asia under Reagan?
Place more missiles in the Philippines and Malaysia
Publicly ridicule the Mujahedeen
Reject all official talks with China
Provide training, supplies and support to anti-Soviet groups
33
What was President Carter accused of?
Trying to limit human rights
Trying to keep Nixon on as President
Being too focused on religious teachings
Being soft on communism
34
John Dulles championed the idea of taking issues and crises to the limit of nuclear weapons.
This was known as...mutually assured destruction
This was known as...peaceful coexistence
This was known as...containment
This was known as...brinkmanship
35
What was the principal idea behind the Truman Doctrine?
Massive Retaliation
Dollar Imperialism
Containment
Mutually Assured Destruction
36
What policy is the video showing?
Perestroika
Peaceful Co-existence
Brezhnev Doctrine
Glasnost
37
The Cold War was a conflict between two ideologies. What were they?
Communism and Socialism
Communism and Nationalism
Capitalism and Communism
Capitalism and Socialism
38
What policy did the Reagan Doctrine return to?
Mutually assured destruction
Containment
Marshall Plan
Brinkmanship
39
Fill in: "The deepest conflict in the world today is not between the US and the Soviet Union.."
"...but between the Soviet Union and Cuba."
"...but between the Soviet Union and Afghanistan."
"...but between the Soviet Union and West Germany."
"...but between the Soviet Union and Communist China."
40
What does the following quote refer to:
The Domino Theory
Containment Policy
The Iron Curtain
The Reagan Doctrine
41
What is an MIRV?
Multiple Independently Targeted Russian Vehicles
Multiple Independently Targeted Re-Entry Vehicles
Many Irradiated Russian Vehicles
Multiple Isolated Re-entry Vehicles
42
How did Gorby approach nuclear weapons when he came to power?
He increased production of missiles
He declared a unilateral moratorium on tests
He asked America to only have weapons on their land
He allowed Chernoybl to blow up
43
Which Russian leader was behind Peaceful Coexistence?
Gorbachev
Stalin
Khrushchev
Molotov
44
What was the Monroe Doctrine
A focus on European matters
A focus on domestic matters
A focus on imperialism
A focus on international matters
45
What was the name of the event in 1947-48 that affected a major German city?
The Berlin Blockade and Surrender
The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
The Berlin Wall being built
The Berlin Wall being torn down
46
Which four countries had control of Germany?
Britain, America, Germany and Italy
Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand
Britain, France, Russia and America
Britain, France, Belgium and Austria
47
What did the INF Treaty of 1987 propose?
All missiles had to have a range of greater than 5500 kms
Ground launched missiles destroyed
The elimination of all nuclear weapons by 2000
That no other country could inspect missile sites
48
What is the "easing of tensions between nations"?
Containment
Massive retaliation
Liberalism
Detente
49
"Enhanced radiation artillery shell" is also known as what?
Atomic bomb
Plutonium bomb
Neutron bomb
Hydrogen bomb
50
What is going to happen on 19th October 2016?
You will say hello to a Year 7 and tell them to do Modern
You will all be able to drive
You will eat some chocolate
You will sit your Modern exam at 9.25am in the Hall
