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The Origins and Early Development of the Cold War
The Origins and Early Development of the Cold War
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Test your knowledge of the origins and early development of the Cold War!
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1
Who coined the term 'Iron Curtain'?
Stalin
Roosevelt
Truman
Churchill
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What was the name of the Second World War alliance between Great Britain, the USA and the USSR?
The Triple Alliance
The Great Alliance
The Grand Alliance
The Triple Entente
3
Who is this?
Clement Attlee
Ernest Bevin
Harry Truman
George Kennan
4
What was the short name of the Communist Information Bureau, established by Stalin in 1947?
Komsomol
Sovnarkom
Comintern
Cominform
5
Stalin's takeover of Eastern Europe led to what process in Eastern European states?
Sovietisation
Containment
Salami Tactics
Buzzer Zone
6
What was the AVO?
Czechoslovakian Secret Police
Polish Secret Police
East German Secret Police
Hungarian Secret Police
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Who was the American President before Truman?
Franklin Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Lyndon Johnson
Teddy Roosevelt
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What was the codename of the US' wartime project to develop an A-Bomb?
The Manhaten Project
The Manhattan Project
The Manhatten Project
The Manhatan Project
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Where is this?
Tehran
Yalta
Casablanca
Potsdam
10
When was the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia?
March 1917
October 1917
February 1917
November 1917
11
What was the Oder-Neisse Line?
The line that defined Poland's western border post-1945.
The line that defined Germany's western border post-1945.
The line that defined Poland's eastern border post-1945.
12
How many people from the Soviet Union die in the Second World War?
23 million
27 million
20 million
25 million
13
Who was leader of the USSR in 1945?
Stalin
Molotov
Lenin
Khrushchev
14
'From Stettin in the Baltic, to [?] in the Adriatic, an Iron Curtain has descended...'
Serbia
Split
Trieste
Budapest
15
Who is this?
Clement Attlee
George Kennan
Ernest Bevin
Harry Truman
16
Where did Truman tell Stalin about the A Bomb?
Yalta
Casablanca
Potsdam
Tehran
17
Which of these is not a characteristic of Karl Marx's vision of communism?
Redistribution of property
Free market competition
A stateless society
A classless society
18
What was the name of the Czechoslovakian Foreign Minister, who was defenestrated in 1948?
Jan Masaryk
Ernos Gero
Matyas Rakosi
Janos Kadar
19
Who is this?
Harry Truman
Clement Attlee
Ernest Bevin
George Kennan
20
Who was told about a 'powerful new weapon of unusual destructive force' at Potsdam?
Attlee
Stalin
Truman
Churchill
21
What was the name of Yugoslavia's leader after 1945?
Benes
Masaryk
Nagy
Tito
22
In which German town on the Elbe River did American and Soviet troops meet in 1945?
Potsdam
Yalta
Torgau
Tehran
