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GCSE 9-1 History Quiz - Cold War
GCSE 9-1 History Quiz - Cold War
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1
In what ways did Stalin take over Eastern Europe?
Invasion
Banning oppositional parties before elections
Rigged elections
2
What condition did Stalin not keep from the Yalta conference?
The division of Germany was made permanent
Stalin was expanding his sphere of influence by invasion
Stalin did not allow free elections in Eastern Europe
3
What was Khrushchev concerned about in 1958?
The ‘Brain Drain’
The Marshall Plan
The arms race
4
When was the USSR dissolved?
1991
1989
1990
5
What was not a consequence of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Helsinki Accords
Hotline
Test Ban Treaty
6
State two consequences of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Carter Doctrine and LA Olympics
Carter Doctrine and Moscow Olympics
7
When did the Tehran Conference take place?
1945
1943
8
What did not happened at the Paris Summit, 1960?
A Test Ban Treaty was agreed
No deal on Berlin
An increase in tensions
America lied
9
What did the Western allies do to permanently divide Germany in 1948?
Created Trizonia
Created Bizonia
10
How many people were killed in the Hungarian uprising?
40,000
20,000
10,000
30,000
11
What is perestroika?
Freer economy
Openness
12
When did SALT I take place?
1970
1972
1971
13
What did the Truman Doctrine provide?
Financial and military aid to countries under threat
Financial aid of $13 billion
14
What did the USA impose of Cuba after the 1959 revolution?
A ban on relations with USSR
A trade embargo
Security of US borders
15
Before the Potsdam Conference what did the USA do to create tension?
Dropped the atomic bomb without consulting with Stalin
Change in leadership - Roosevelt to Truman
16
When did the Berlin Wall go up?
1960
1963
1961
1962
17
When did Churchill make his famous iron curtain speech?
February 1946
May 1946
March 1946
April 1946
18
Who met at the Yalta Conference?
Attlee, Truman, Stalin
Churchill, Truman, Stalin
Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin
19
When did the Bay of Pigs take place?
1960
1961
1962
1959
20
How many troops did Brezhnev send into Czechoslovakia?
500,000
200,000
100,000
300,000
21
What did Khrushchev demand from the Allies in 1958?
8 months to withdraw their troops
7 months to withdraw their troops
6 months to withdraw their troops
5 months to withdraw their troops
22
State two consequences of the Berlin airlift
NATO and FRG and GDR
USSRs second atomic bomb and Warsaw Pact
23
How much aid did the Marshall Plan provide?
$18 billion
$18 billion
$13 billion
$20 billion
24
How many tanks were sent in to Hungary in 1956?
6,000
4,000
2,000
25
What did Imre Nagy state in 1956?
Leaving the Warsaw Pact
Reforms that make communism liveable
26
What did Kennedy do on 22nd October 1962?
Sent a telegram to Khrushchev
Imposed a Naval Blockade
Found missile launch sites on Cuba
27
When did Stalin die?
1953
1954
1956
28
What did the Iron Curtain Speech state?
That half of Europe was under a soviet dictatorship
That 3/4 of Europe was under communism
That freedom was secured in Europe
29
What two telegrams were exchanged in 1946?
Long Telegram and Novikov
Kennan and Novikov
30
How long did the Berlin Airlift last for?
10 months
11 months
12 months
13 months
31
What conference came first?
Potsdam, Tehran
Yalta, Tehran
Potsdam, Yalta
Yalta, Potsdam
32
What did the USA introduce in 1948?
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
33
When was the Truman Doctrine introduced?
March 1947
May 1947
January 1947
April 1947
34
How many people left East to go West from 1949-61?
2 billion
3 million
2.7 million
2.5 million
35
After the telegrams, what policy did the USA commit to?
Containment
Marshall Plan
36
When did the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan take place?
1979
1978
1980
37
When did the Berlin Blockade take place?
1948-49
1947-49
1947-48
38
How did Stalin respond to the Marshall Plan?
He forbade all Western Bloc from accepting it
He called it ‘Dollar Imperialism’
He set up Cominform and Comecon in 1948
39
What did Khrushchev agree to on 28th October 1962?
To remove missile sites if Kennedy ended the blockade
To end the blockade if Kennedy removed US missiles
40
By creating Trizonia, what did the Allies introduce?
Financial aid through the Marshall Plan
New currency and a constitution
41
Which was not a decision made at Yalta?
All liberated countries would have free elections
Stalin was offered a sphere of influence in Eastern Europe
The Nazi Party would be banned
The UN would be set up to promote cooperation
42
What was not a Prague Spring reform?
More freedom
Trade
Censorship
Vote for other political parties
43
At the Yalta Conference how much in reparations did Stalin want?
Whatever he wanted from his own zone and 20% from West.
Whatever he wanted from his own zone and 10% from West.
44
What did Cominform, 1947 do?
Created a trade and communication network
Loosened communist control
Made Yugoslavia the main industry base
45
What happened on 14th October 1962?
10 soviet ships were sailing to Cuba
15 soviet ships were sailing to Cuba
20 soviet ships were sailing to Cuba
46
Who embarked on a guerrilla war against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan?
Majahhideen
Mujahideen
47
When Stalin responded with a Blockade, how long could Berlin last without food?
40 days
25 days
36 days
31 days
48
When did the Helsinki Accords take place?
1973
1976
1975
1979
49
When was the Hungarian Uprising?
1968
1956
50
When did Fidel Castro led a revolution in Cuba?
1961
1959
1960
51
When did the Prague Spring take place?
1970
1967
1968
52
How many miles is Cuba away from the USA?
90 miles
70 miles
80 miles
100 miles
53
Between 1945-48 Stalin wanted to create a...
Sphere of influence
Buffer Zone
54
When did the Berlin Wall come down?
1990
1991
1989
55
What does Gorbachev’s new thinking focus on?
Glastnost and Perestroyka
Glasnost and Perestroika
Glasnost and Perestroyka
56
What initiative was introduced by Regan in the 1980s?
Star Wars
STI
57
What was Comecon, 1949?
USSR dominated industrial production
Financial Aid and fair trade in Eastern Bloc
58
Before what Summit was a US spy plane shot down?
Vienna
Geneva
Camp David
Paris
59
Who replaced Novotny?
Dubcek
Nagy
60
What is glasnost?
Openness
Structuring economy
