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#GCSE quiz to recap the #ColdWar Crises: Berlin Wall, Cuban Missile Crisis, & Prague Spring.
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1
Which country does this flag belong to...
Cuba
China
USSR
Puerto Rico
2
Be more specific, where exactly did the wall go?
Around ALL of Berlin
Zig-zagged through East & West Berlin
Down the CENTRE of Berlin (the rest of W.Ber was fenced in)
Across ALL of Germany
3
Which of the following is NOT an EFFECT of the Cuban Missile Crisis:
The USA promised not to invade Cuba
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Missiles were removed from Italy
The Hotline was created
4
Where did 1500 Cuban exiles land in 1961 to try to overthrow Castro?
Bay of Picks
Bay of Peaks
Bay of Pinks
Bay of Pigs
5
Who was Gary Powers, and why was he famous in 1960?
He scored the winning goal in the European Championships
He shot JFK
His spy-plane was shot down over Russia.
He landed a plane in Red Square in the centre of Moscow.
6
Which of the following was NOT one of Dubcek's goals:
To make Communism more popular
Create a 2nd political party in Czechoslovakia
To reduce the influence of the Secret Police
To leave the Warsaw Pact
7
Who were the leaders during this crisis?
Khrushchev & Nagy
Khrushchev & Dubcek
Brezhnev & Nagy
Brezhnev & Dubcek
8
Which of these is NOT a reason for Castro's revolution in 1959:
Batista was a cruel and corrupt leader
The USSR wanted to place missiles there.
Castro wanted to establish Socialism in Cuba.
Americans owned most of the businesses in Cuba
9
In which year was the Berlin Wall built? (Were you paying attention?!)
1952
1962
1951
1961
10
Who was America's President during the Berlin Crisis in 1961?
Eisenhower
JFK
Truman
Roosevelt
11
Who was the Soviet leader during the Berlin Crisis, 1961?
Khrushchev
Brezhnev
Stalin
Lenin
12
Appropriately, how many people died during the Prague Spring?
12,000
250
2000
20,000
13
Why did the 'Prague Spring' get its name?
The revolution happened during the Spring time.
Springs were used to jump over the Berlin Wall.
New ideas were springing-up in Czechoslovakia in 1968.
Prague had a lot of natural water springs.
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Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Berlin Crisis, 1961?
The introduction of the Deutschmark (new currency)
The Brain Drain
Spies were entering East Germany & the USSR via East Berlin
Khrushchev wanted to test the new American leader.
15
What was built during the Berlin Crisis, 1961?
Wall
Statue of Stalin
Weapons
Prison
16
Name the country in the centre of the image... (highlighted)
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Hungary
Romania
17
Who is this?
Yeltsin
Andropov
Brezhnev
Khrushchev
18
Who were the US & Soviet leaders during the Cuban missile Crisis?
Truman & Stalin
JFK & Brezhnev
Khrushchev & JFK
Khrushchev & Truman
19
Why was Dubcek eventually removed from power?
East Germany & Poland forced Brezhnev to intervene,
The Czech people disagreed with his ideas
He said he would make Czechoslovakia leave the Warsaw Pact
America threatened him
20
What was the Warsaw Pact?
(2 potential answers)
A military alliance of the countries of Western Europe
A Polish boy-band from the 1960s
The basis of the Soviet Buffer Zone
A military alliance of the countries of Eastern Europe
21
Who did Fidel Castro overthrow in 1959?
Nagy
Batista
Stalin
Dubcek
22
Why was the Berlin Wall built in 1961?
Too many people were leaving the West to enter the East.
Too many people were leaving the East to enter the West.
23
What is the capital of Cuba?
Saint Argo
Santiago
Hannover
Havanna
