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1
Why
did the
USSR & China
support
North Korea
?
Because it was a communist country
Because they were neighbours
They did not support them
Because it was a democratic country
2
Name of US spy plane discovered secret Soviet missile bases
in
Cuba (1962)
V-1
V-2
U-1
U-2
3
Name new
direct telephone line
between White House & Kremlin (Moscow)?
Hotphone
Hotline
Redphone
Red hot phone
4
Name of policy
under Khrushchev & Eisenhower whereby Superpowers
tolerated their differences...
Peaceful Co-existence
Détente
Peaceful Non-existence
They did not tolerate their difference at all
5
Why did President Truman
sack
General MacArthur?
He was losing war; he was a poor General
He wanted to attack the USSR with nuclear weapons
He wanted to quit the Korean War
He wanted to attack China with nuclear weapons
6
What was eventually agreed
between the USA & USSR to
END
the Cuban Missile Crisis?
All of those
Americans promised not to invade Cuba
Americans would withdraw their missiles from Turkey
Soviets would dismantle their missile base in Cuba
7
What happened with
Germany in 1990?
Germany was reunited
Germany was divided
West Germany won the World Cup
East Germany won the World Cup
8
Name
leader of communist China
during Korean War?
Kim Il Sung
Mao Zedong
Mao Tse-tung
Syngman Rhee
9
Name
new leaders of USA & USSR
that came to power in
1953
...
Nikita Khrushchev & John F. Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev & Ronald Reagan
Dwight D. Eisenhower & Nikita Khrushchev
Dwight D. Eisenhower & Mikhail Gorbachev
10
Which country
(friend of communist China)
ALSO had NUCLEAR WEAPONS
since 1949?
NORTH KOREA
RUSSIA
USA
USSR
11
What
caused
the
Korean War to start
in 1950?
China invaded South Korea
South Korea invaded North Korea
North Korea invaded South Korea
USA invaded North Korea
12
Name
the
President of the USA
from
1961-63?
Richard M. Nixon
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
John Francis Kennedy
13
How many countries
were
created from the former Soviet Union
after it broke up in
1991?
19
13
15
17
14
Frightening
new bomb
developed by USA & USSR during 1950s?
A-Bomb
Hydrogen Bomb
Atomic Bomb
H-Bomb
15
Name
of EXECUTED
communist dictator of Romania
that
refused to give up power
None of those
Ilie Dumitrescu
Nicolae Ceaușescu
Gheorghe Hagi
16
Name Gorbachev's
2 new policies to
reform
the Soviet Union
'Glasnoster' and 'Perescopa'
'Glasnowa' and 'Parenstroika'
'Glassnose' and 'Perostrike'
'Glasnost' and 'Perestroika'
17
Name
of
FAILED
CIA
plan to
invade Cuba
in
1961?
Bay of Pigs Invasion
None of those
Pigs Bay Invasion
Invasion of Pigs Bay
18
Who led US
(& UN)
army
that drove North Koreans from South Korea?
John F. Kennedy
Douglas MacArthur
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
19
Name
leader of 'Solidarity' trade union;
helped
end communism in Poland (1989)?
Leo Walesa
Lech Walesa
Lex Walsh
Lech Walsia
20
Why
was
economy of USSR
about to
collapse
by
late 1980s?
Spent too much on the Space Race
Spending too much on their armed forces
Spending too much on nuclear arms race
All of those
21
What important event
that happened in
1989
is
pictured
...
Fall of the Berlin Fence
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Building of the Berlin Wall
Fall of the Berlin Barrier
22
Which countries supported
North Korea
?
USSR
NONE OF THOSE
USA
CHINA
23
AFTER WWII
- Name the
TWO
countries that
Korea was divided
into...
South Korea & North Korea
North Korea & South Vietnam
North Korea & East Korea
South Korea & West Korea
24
Name
the
(last) communist leader of USSR (1985-91)?
Mikil Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachop
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachey
25
Name
the
line that divided
North & South Korea?
88th Parallel
38th Parallel
28th Parallel
37th Parallel
26
Name
leader
of pro-communist takeover of
Cuba
in
1959
?
General Batista
Shea Guevara
Fidel Castro
Che Guevara
27
Why
did
China
join the Korean War?
Worried Americans would attack newly Communist China
Wanted to help communist North Korea
Americans did not pull back from Chinese border
All of those
28
How did President Kennedy
prevent
USSR from carrying missiles to Cuba in 1962?
He did nothing
He bombed the Soviet missile sites in Cuba
He invaded Cuba
He ordered a naval 'quarantine' of Cuba
29
Which country
was a
big supporter
of Fidel Castro's Cuba after 1959?
RUSSIA
USSR
CHINA
USA
30
How did the
Korean War 'end'
in 1953?
Ended in a truce - return to same borders at START of war
All of those
The South Koreans were defeated
The North Koreans were defeated
