History - Causes of the Cold War

Cards (21)

  • What year was the Tehran Conference held?
    1943
  • The USA President at the Tehran Conference was Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  • When was the Yalta Conference held?
    1945
  • All leaders who attended the Tehran Conference also attended the Yalta Conference.
  • The Potsdam Conference took place in July 1945
  • Who replaced Winston Churchill as British Prime Minister during the Potsdam Conference?
    Clement Attlee
  • Five countries developed atomic bombs during the Cold War.
  • Order the countries by when they developed atomic bombs:
    1️⃣ United States
    2️⃣ Soviet Union
    3️⃣ United Kingdom
    4️⃣ France
    5️⃣ China
  • The Soviet Union tested its first atomic bomb at the Semipalatinsk test site in Kazakhstan
  • Where did the United Kingdom detonate its first atomic bomb?
    Montabello Islands
  • In what year did the People's Republic of China develop its first atomic bomb?
    1964
  • The Nazi-Soviet Pact was an agreement between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union not to attack
  • The Nazi-Soviet Pact ensured that Germany and the Soviet Union would remain allies.
    False
  • Who wrote the Long Telegram in 1946?
    George F. Kennan
  • The Long Telegram warned President Truman about the aggressive nature of Stalin's foreign policy
  • What was the Novikov Telegram's main warning about the United States?
    World domination
  • The Cold War was primarily an ideological conflict between communism and capitalism.
  • Match the ideological system with its main supporter:
    Communism ↔️ USSR
    Capitalism ↔️ USA
  • The USSR occupied North Korea, while the USA occupied South Korea
  • What event set the stage for the rise of the Soviet Union as a world power?
    The Russian Revolution
  • The Russian Revolution led to the abolishment of the monarchy and its replacement by the communist party.