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What is the focus of this article?
Cold War
resources and timeline
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What significant event occurred on May 8, 1945?
VE Day
,
Germany's surrender
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What happened on August 6, 1945?
Atomic bomb
dropped on
Hiroshima
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What was discussed at the Yalta Conference?
Partitioning
of Germany and fate of
Poland
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What was the outcome of the Potsdam Conference?
Germany
and
Austria
divided into four
zones
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What does VJ Day signify?
Japan's surrender in
World War II
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Who proclaimed Vietnam an independent republic?
Ho Chi Minh
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What did Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech signify?
Division between
Eastern
and
Western Europe
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What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?
To help countries facing
Communist
takeover
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What was the Marshall Plan?
Economic aid to
European countries
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What was Cominform?
Communist Information Bureau
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What triggered the Berlin Blockade?
Merger of
Western Germany
partitions
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What was the Berlin Airlift?
US
and
UK
planes supplied
Western Berlin
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When did the Korean War begin?
June 25
,
1950
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What was the outcome of the Korean War?
North Korea
remained Communist,
South Korea
aligned with
USA
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What event occurred on August 20, 1968?
Soviet invasion
of
Czechoslovakia
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What was the significance of the Apollo 11 mission?
First
manned
Moon landing
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What was the Four Power Agreement about?
Rights regarding Berlin among
Russia
,
USA
,
Britain
,
France
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What did the SALT treaty aim to achieve?
Limit nuclear arms between
US
and
USSR
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What was the Khmer Rouge known for?
Executing many during
Cambodian
genocide
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What was the significance of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project?
Joint space venture ending the
Space Race
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Who became the 39th President of the United States?
Jimmy Carter
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What was the Iranian hostage crisis?
53
Americans taken hostage in Iran
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When did the Soviet troops invade Afghanistan?
December 24, 1979
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What was declared in Poland on December 13, 1980?
Martial law
to crush
Solidarity
movement
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What was the outcome of the START talks?
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
signed
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What did Gorbachev's policies of glasnost and perestroika entail?
Openness and restructuring of
government
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What event marked the end of the Soviet Union?
Gorbachev's
resignation on
December 25, 1991
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What was the Velvet Revolution?
Peaceful protests leading to overthrow of
Communism
in
Czechoslovakia
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How did the Cuban Missile Crisis affect US-Soviet relations?
Increased tensions but led to
negotiations
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What was the significance of the Berlin Wall's fall?
Symbolized the end of the
Cold War
division
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What was the outcome of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956?
Hungary fell to
Soviet
control
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What was the Suez Crisis about?
Control of the
Suez Canal
by
Western powers
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What was the first living creature in space?
Laika
the dog
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What was the impact of the Chernobyl disaster?
Worst
nuclear disaster
in history
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How did the Cold War influence global politics?
Created divisions between
East
and
West
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What was the main goal of the Marshall Plan?
Economic recovery of Europe post-
WWII
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What was the significance of the death of Stalin in 1953?
Marked
a
shift
in Soviet
leadership
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What was the main purpose of NATO?
Collective defense against
aggression
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What was the impact of the Korean War on US foreign policy?
Increased military presence in
Asia
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