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The Cold War
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What principle formed the basis of the US Cold War diplomatic policy?
Mutually Assured Destruction
Isolation
Detente
Containment
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The Berlin wall was built in order to
Prevent food from entering Poland
Prevent East Germans from defecting to West Germany
Prevent the smuggling of arms to anti-soviet forces
Stop the flow of supplies from west Germany to west Berlin
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Who was the President of the USA when the Cold War erupted in 1947?
Eisenhower
JFK
FDR
Truman
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In the _____Western view, Stalin was to blame for the start of the Cold War.
autodox
authodox
oarthodox
orthodox
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Who served as Soviet Foreign Minister throughout most of the Cold War?
Lebov
Khrushchev
Gromyke
Molotov
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What do you understand by the term "containment"
The traditional policy of "isolation"
The containment of the Cuban Revolution ideology
Foreign policy by the USA to contain the spread of communism
Policy by the USA to contain the threat of communism at home
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Soviet foreign policy, giving the USSR the right to intervene in the satellite states
Brezhnev Doctrine
Truman Doctrine
Maskirovka Doctrine
Kalashnikov Doctrine
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What did the Marshall plan consist of?
North-American initiative to help Europe economically
North-American initiative to invade Germany and Europe
Soviet initiative to help Europe economically
Soviet initiative to invade Germany and Europe
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What event marked the end of the Cold War
The destruction of the Berlin Wall
None of the above
The collapse of the USSR
The withdraw of the Red Army from Eastern Europe
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BONUS!! Who's speech can be cited as saying: "An iron curtain has descended"
Gorbachev
Truman
Marshall
Churchill
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Castro introduced the following socialist reforms...
redistribution, collectivization and nationalisation
collectivisation, commoditisation and capitalisation
capitalisation, commoditisation and nationalisation
nationalisation, commoditisation and redistribution