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Cold War GCSE 9-1 topic 1
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Quiz questions based on the new Edexcel GCSE Cold War topics - Origins of the Cold War
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1
What year was the Cuban revolution?
1957
1959
1956
1958
2
What was Gorbachev's other policy?
Glasnost
Glaznost
Glaasnost
Glastnost
3
How much money was given to Europe by Marshall Aid?
$7 million
$17 billion
$17 million
$ 7 billion
4
What policy did Khrushchev pursue despite invading Hungary?
Khruschevisation
USSRisation
De-Stalinisation
Raskosiation
5
What is the name of the famous US checkpoint?
Checkpoint Colin
Checkpoint Cathy
Checkpoint Cane
Checkpoint Charlie
6
What name is given to the period of the 1970s during the Cold War?
Detnte
Detennte
Detente
Deetente
7
Which event came first?
Truman Doctrine
Soviet expansion
Iron Curtain Speech
Marshall Plan
8
What was Kennedy's response to the 20 Soviet ships?
Invade Cuba
Blockade Cuba
Bomb Cuban missiles sites
Use an air-strike
9
Which two summits were held in the run up to the construction of the Berlin Wall?
Paris Summit (1960) & Helsinki Summit (1960)
Paris Summit (1960) & Vienna Summit (1961)
Vienna Summit (1961) & Helsinki Summit (1960)
Helsinki Summit (1960) & Paris Summit (1961)
10
Who were the 2 superpowers after 1945?
Britain and Soviet Union
France Soviet Union
USA and Soviet Union
Britain and USA
11
How many Cuban exiles were killed or captured?
1,600
1,500
1,400
1,300
12
What was Perestoika?
Restructure
Openess
Reform
13
The Berlin Crisis led to the West setting up which group?
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Cominform
Comecon
14
Which eastern European satellite state reformed first?
Romania
Poland
East Germany
Hungary
15
The Berlin Ultimatum was made by which Soviet leader?
Khrushchev
Brezhnev
Stalin
Gorbachev
16
The Strategic Defence Initiative is also known as...
SPI
Star Wars
DIS
Star Trek
17
What doctrine was introduced to ensure the USSR could justify invasions?
Gorbachev Doctrine
Khrushchev Doctrine
Truman Doctrine
Brezhnev Doctrine
18
Who was in power in Czechoslovakia since 1957?
Khrushchev
Novotny
Dubcek
Rakosi
19
Between 1949 and 1961, how many East Germans fled to the West?
2 million
1 million
3 million
4 million
20
How long did it take for the exiles to be killed or captured?
3 weeks
1 week
1 day
3 days
21
How did the USSR respond?
Allowed the reforms
Sent in tanks and soldiers
Sent in political advisors
Removed Dubcek from power
22
How did the West respond to the Soviet troops and tanks?
Did nothing
Sent in troops and tanks
Sent advisors
Joined in
23
When was the Hungarian Crisis?
1954
1955
1957
1956
24
What were the 3 baskets in the Helsinki Agreement?
Security, Human Rights, Coordination
Security, Human Rights, Cooperation
Security, Animal Rights, Spying
Security, Expansion, Cooperation
25
Castro immediately declared Cuba Communist.
True
False
26
What was the consequence of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
MAD
Outer Space Treaty
Limited Test Ban Treaty
Hotline
27
How many times did Nixon visit Moscow during the 1970s
x1
x2
x4
x3
28
Which came first?
Grand Alliance
Tehran
Potsdam
Yalta
29
What year did the Soviet Union invade Afghanistan?
1969
1999
1979
2011
30
The USSR began to secretly supply Cuba with...
Arms
Cigars
Sugar
Oil
31
The Berlin crisis began in....
1968
1961
1941
1948
32
Why did Stalin blockade Berlin
Wanted to put his troops to good use
He wanted to make Berlin capitalist
Bi-zionia
The West's currency reform
33
Who attended the Yalta conference?
Stalin, Roosevelt, Churchill
Stalin, Truman, Churchill
Stalin, Roosevelt, Atlee
Stalin, Truman, Atlee
34
Who attended the Potsdam Conference?
Stalin, Attlee, Truman
Stalin, Attlee and Roosevelt
Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt
Stalin, Churchill, Truman
35
The Bay of Pigs took place in which year?
1959
1961
1960
1962
36
Which country received the most in Marshall Aid?
France
Britain
Greece
Germany
37
How many SALT agreements were there?
x3
x4
x2
x1
38
Some of the refugees who were leaving caused a great threat to the GDR because they were....
They were skilled craftsmen
They would reveal communist secrets to the West
They were loyal communists
They were women
39
The Berliners woke up to a wall on which date in 1961?
13th August
11th August
14th August
12th August
40
How many ships were heading towards Cuba with missiles?
2,000
2
20
200
41
What were Dubcek's reforms called?
The Prague Winter Reforms
The Prague Spring Reforms
The Prague Summer Reforms
The Prague Autumn Reforms
42
Who was in power in Czechoslovakia from 1957?
Dubcek
Khrushchev
Novotny
Rakosi
43
What date did the Berlin Wall fall?
9th October 1989
9th November 1990
9th November 1989
9th October 1990
44
What was the Berlin ultimatum?
Demand the West should leave Berlin within 6 months
Demand that Berlin should become a neutral free city
Demand that the West should take over East Berlin too
Demand that the West should stay in Berlin
45
What was the first action Castro took against the US?
He imposed economic sanctions
He planned the Bay of Pigs invasion
He cut off diplomatic ties
He removed US capitalist businesses
46
How many people did Rakosi kill in the purges?
20,000
1,000
2,000
10,000
47
How did the USA know there were missile sites in Cuba?
U2 spy plane
Information gained by the Bay of Pigs exiles
CIA
U1 spy plane
48
How many flights were made during the airlift?
14, 890
478,988
165, 869
193, 350
49
Who took control of Cuba after the 1959 revolution?
Castro
Che
Batista
Khrushchev
50
How many miles was did the Berlin Wall stretch?
17 miles
50 miles
17 miles
43 miles
