Quiz - Cold War gcse

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    • Which 3 countries made up the main allied forces fighting against the Nazis?
      Britain, USA and USSR
    • Which German city was divided up between France, USA, Britain and the USSR?
      Berlin
    • Who were the Big Three at the Yalta Conference?
      Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill
    • How many people lived in West Berlin at this time?
      1. 5 million inhabitants
    • When did the 2nd World War end in Europe?
      May 1945
    • When was the Potsdam Conference?
      July – August 1945
    • What was the name of the US president at the Potsdam Conference?
      Harry S Truman
    • What was the name of the British Prime Minister who replaced Churchill at the Potsdam Conference?
      Clement Attlee
    • How much in total did the Marshall Plan make available to European countries?
      $17 billion
    • How many countries received Marshall aid?
      16
    • In which month did the USA bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
      August 1945
    • When was Cominform established?
      October 1947
    • When was NATO formed?
      April 1949
    • When was the Berlin blockade lifted following the success of the Berlin airlift?
      May 1949
    • When did the USSR successfully test an atomic bomb?
      August 1949
    • When did Mao declare the formation of the People's Republic of China?
      October 1949
    • When did the USA successfully test a hydrogen bomb?
      November 1952
    • Who wrote the Communist Manifesto?
      Karl Marx
    • What is the name of the economic system adopted by the USA?
      Capitalism
    • A one-party government is a part of which ideology?
      Communism
    • What is meant by the 'bourgeoisie'?
      The middle class
    • What was the name of the communist group that took control of Russia in the October revolution of 1917?
      The Bolsheviks
    • What was the name given to the Soviet Army?
      The Red Army
    • When did the Korean War start with the invasion of the South by the North?
      June 1950
    • When did the Korean War end?
      July 1953
    • Who signed the Treaty of Friendship in February 1950?
      China and the USSR
    • Who backed the North Koreans?
      The USSR and China
    • Along what line was Korea divided?
      The 38th Parallel
    • Which American general was dismissed by Truman after calling for the use of nuclear weapons?
      General MacArthur
    • Which was the first proxy war of the Cold War?
      The Korean War
    • What did Stalin not want to do in Korea?
      Send Soviet troops to fight the 7500 US troops in Korea.
    • What does NATO stand for?
      The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
    • How many countries signed up to NATO initially?
      12
    • How many countries joined the Warsaw Pact initially?
      8
    • Who replaced Stalin?

      Nikita Khrushchev
    • What was the name of the process started in the USSR following Stalin's death that suggested a more open, peaceful approach?
      De-Stalinisation or peaceful coexistence
    • When was the first satellite, Sputnik, put into orbit?
      1957
    • When did the Russians put the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin?
      1961
    • When did Neil Armstrong become the first human to set foot on the moon?
      1969
    • What does the acronym MAD stand for?
      Mutually Assured Destruction
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