Jenny Wren
Quiz by , created more than 1 year ago

Cold war Revision

307
7
0
Jenny Wren
Created by Jenny Wren over 9 years ago
Close

Cold War Revision- General

Question 1 of 117

1

When was the Monroe Doctrine established?

Select one of the following:

  • 1890

  • 1898

  • 1908

Explanation

Question 2 of 117

1

What happened in 1941?

Select one of the following:

  • Nazi invasion of the USSR, Grand alliance formed

  • Teheran Conference

  • Nazi-Soviet Pact, Comintern

Explanation

Question 3 of 117

1

The Bolshevik Revolution took place in 1917.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 4 of 117

1

When did Comintern take place?

Select one or more of the following:

  • 1919

  • 1914

  • 1929

Explanation

Question 5 of 117

1

What was the Platt ammendment? (1902)

Select one or more of the following:

  • Establishing American dominance over Cuba

  • Allowing Military build up

  • Increasing presidential powers

Explanation

Question 6 of 117

1

Which is not a reason for historical mistrust between the US and USSR?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (1918)

  • The Nazi-Soviet Pact (1939)

  • The Bolshevik Revolution/Russian Civil War (1917)

  • Invasions from Napoleon, Kaiser Willhelm and Nazi Germany

  • Teheran conference (1943)

Explanation

Question 7 of 117

1

What was the value of goods the USSR stripped from Manchuria (China) in 1945?

Select one or more of the following:

  • $2 Billion

  • $5 Million

  • $1 Billion

Explanation

Question 8 of 117

1

Who occupied Japan following 1945?

Select one or more of the following:

  • America

  • Britain

  • USSR

  • China

Explanation

Question 9 of 117

1

Who sat at the Yalta conference (1945)?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt

  • Stalin, Atlee, Truman

  • Stalin, Churchill, Truman

Explanation

Question 10 of 117

1

Where were USSR spies found in 1946?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Britain

  • Canada

  • America

Explanation

Question 11 of 117

1

What did the Baruch plan (1946) aim to do?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Limit nuclear weapons

  • Control the arms race

  • Establish spheres of influence

Explanation

Question 12 of 117

1

Where weren't elections in 1946 rigged by the USSR?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Greece

  • Bulgaria

  • Yugoslavia

Explanation

Question 13 of 117

1

Who did America believe was responsible for the Greek civil war (1946)?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Tito

  • Stalin

  • Mussolini

  • Ceausescu

Explanation

Question 14 of 117

1

When was Churchill's Iron Curtain speech?

Select one or more of the following:

  • 1945

  • 1956

  • 1946

Explanation

Question 15 of 117

1

What began in 1947?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Truman Doctrine

  • Marshall aid

  • Both

Explanation

Question 16 of 117

1

Marshall aid was extended to countries in the Soviet sphere of influence.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 17 of 117

1

Who did the Soviets force to turn down Marshall aid (1947)?

Select one of the following:

  • Greece and Bulgaria

  • Poland and Czechoslovakia

Explanation

Question 18 of 117

1

Who rigged the Hungarian elections in 1947?

Select one of the following:

  • USSR

  • America

  • France

  • Hungarian Communists

Explanation

Question 19 of 117

1

What did Cominform do?

Select one of the following:

  • Establish the Eastern bloc

  • Increase Soviet economic control

  • Annex Eastern Europe

Explanation

Question 20 of 117

1

Where was there a coup in 1948?

Select one of the following:

  • Czechoslovakia

  • Poland

  • Hungary

Explanation

Question 21 of 117

1

What did the West introduce to West Germany in 1948?

Select one of the following:

  • Capitalism

  • Democracy

  • The Deutschemarke

Explanation

Question 22 of 117

1

When did the Berlin Blockade end?

Select one of the following:

  • 1949

  • 1948

  • 1950

Explanation

Question 23 of 117

1

The USSR supported the Chinese Revolution (1949)

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 24 of 117

1

What happened in Semipalantinsk in 1949?

Select one of the following:

  • The USSR's first nuclear detonation

  • A popular uprising

  • A coup

Explanation

Question 25 of 117

1

When was Comecon?

Select one of the following:

  • 1950

  • 1951

  • 1949

Explanation

Question 26 of 117

1

NATO was founded in 1949

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 27 of 117

1

Who withdrew troops from Korea in 1949, creating a power vacuum?

Select one of the following:

  • The USSR

  • The USA

  • France

  • The USA and USSR

Explanation

Question 28 of 117

1

When was the Korean War?

Select one of the following:

  • 1949 - 1952

  • 1950 - 1953

  • 1953 - 1955

Explanation

Question 29 of 117

1

What did NSC-68 do (1950)?

Select one of the following:

  • Increase defense spending from 5% of the GDP to 12% by 1953

  • Increase Presidential powers

  • Declare war in Korea

Explanation

Question 30 of 117

1

How many nuclear weapons did the USA have in 1950?

Select one of the following:

  • 298

  • 507

  • 102

Explanation

Question 31 of 117

1

The Sino-Soviet alliance (1950) benefitted both sides equally.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 32 of 117

1

What is Red Scare also known as? (1950s)

Select one of the following:

  • McCarthyism

  • Domino Theory

Explanation

Question 33 of 117

1

What did the Soviets have access to by 1952?

Select one of the following:

  • Eastern European Uranium

  • Gold reserves in Siberia

  • Chinese Oil

Explanation

Question 34 of 117

1

What did the USA develop in 1952?

Select one of the following:

  • ICBMs

  • The hydrogen bomb

  • The lithium bomb

Explanation

Question 35 of 117

1

What did Stalin's death in 1953 contribute to?

Select one of the following:

  • Red Scare

  • Domino Theory

  • End of the Korean War

Explanation

Question 36 of 117

1

What did the USSR get in 1953?

Select one of the following:

  • Hydrogen bomb

  • Public support

  • American funding

Explanation

Question 37 of 117

1

What did Malenkov's declaration to the Supreme Court do? (1953)

Select one of the following:

  • Accepted spheres of influence, ruled out war

  • Asserted USSR control of Eastern Europe

  • Blamed America for the Korean war

Explanation

Question 38 of 117

1

When was the East Berlin Rising?

Select one of the following:

  • 1950

  • 1954

  • 1953

Explanation

Question 39 of 117

1

What percentage of the USA's GDP was spent on the arms race by 1953/54?

Select one of the following:

  • 12%

  • 25%

  • 7%

Explanation

Question 40 of 117

1

What was agreed at Geneva in 1954?

Select one of the following:

  • The reunification of Korea

  • French surrender in Indochina

  • Division of Vietnam along the 17th Parallel

Explanation

Question 41 of 117

1

What did the USA develop in 1955?

Select one of the following:

  • ICBM

  • Polaris

  • SDI

Explanation

Question 42 of 117

1

The USA had nearly 2.5k nuclear weapons in 1955

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 43 of 117

1

What was the Austrian state treaty (1955)?

Select one of the following:

  • Established Austria as part of Germany

  • Made Austria a free and neutral country

  • Allowed East Germans to leave the Eastern Bloc via the Austrian border

Explanation

Question 44 of 117

1

Where did Khrushchev and Eisenhower meet in 1955?

Select one of the following:

  • Vienna

  • Geneva

  • Berlin

  • Moscow

Explanation

Question 45 of 117

1

What was the TU20 Bear? (1956)

Select one of the following:

  • The USSR's new defensive policy

  • An American bomb

  • A Soviet Intercontinental bomber

Explanation

Question 46 of 117

1

Where did the Soviets withdraw from in 1956?

Select one of the following:

  • Hungary

  • Finland

  • Germany

  • Czechoslovakia

Explanation

Question 47 of 117

1

What speech did Khrushchev make in 1956?

Select one of the following:

  • Secret Speech

  • Iron Curtain Speech

Explanation

Question 48 of 117

1

At what event did Mao call Khrushchev revisionist in 1956?

Select one of the following:

  • Twentieth Party Congress

  • UN Summit

  • Moscow Conference

Explanation

Question 49 of 117

1

Why did the Soviets invade Hungary in 1956?

Select one of the following:

  • To stop the Hungarian Uprising

  • To install a communist regime

  • To sieze nuclear weapons

Explanation

Question 50 of 117

1

What was agreed at the Moscow Conference of Internation Communist Leaders? (1957)

Select one of the following:

  • To prevent the spread of Revisionism

  • To attempt to spread communism in the third world

  • To allow for force to be used on request from other communist countries to stop uprisings

Explanation

Question 51 of 117

1

What was launched in 1957?

Select one of the following:

  • Sputnik

  • Kaputnik

  • Apollo 11

Explanation

Question 52 of 117

1

What did the Gaither Report conclude? (1957)

Select one of the following:

  • The American economy was failing

  • Communism was spreading

  • There was a missile gap developing

Explanation

Question 53 of 117

1

What did China launch in 1957?

Select one of the following:

  • Purges

  • 100 Flowers Campaign

  • Reforms

Explanation

Question 54 of 117

1

The Soviets completed their first ICBM in 1956

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 55 of 117

1

What started the Berlin Crisis? (1958-1961)

Select one of the following:

  • Soviet expansionism

  • Khrushchev's order for the West to leave Berlin

  • The new Deutschemarke

Explanation

Question 56 of 117

1

What did the USA launch in 1958?

Select one of the following:

  • Rollback

  • Massive retalliation

  • The first sattelite

Explanation

Question 57 of 117

1

The U2 spy plane first collected data in 1958

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 58 of 117

1

What did the Cultural Revolution (1958) and Great Leap Forward (1958) attack?

Select one of the following:

  • Capitalism

  • The USSR

  • Revisionism

  • Liberals

Explanation

Question 59 of 117

1

Where did Khrushchev visit in 1958?

Select one of the following:

  • Beijing

  • New York

  • Berlin

Explanation

Question 60 of 117

1

What did Khrushchev mean when he said 'we will bury you' in his 1959 visit to the USA?

Select one of the following:

  • Bury the US economically

  • Win the arms race

  • Start a nuclear war

Explanation

Question 61 of 117

1

Following the 1959 Cuban revolution, America refused to recognise Castro's government.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 62 of 117

1

Why was the 1960 Paris summit cancelled?

Select one of the following:

  • Bad Weather

  • Bomb threat

  • The U2 crisis

Explanation

Question 63 of 117

1

What did Castro declare himself in 1960?

Select one of the following:

  • A communist

  • A marxist-leninist

  • A capitalist

Explanation

Question 64 of 117

1

What was the name of the submarine missile developed in 1960?

Select one of the following:

  • Ariel

  • Neptune

  • Polaris

Explanation

Question 65 of 117

1

What did the five year treaty (1960) between the USSR and Cuba agree?

Select one of the following:

  • The USSR would supply Cuba with arms

  • Cuba would provide troops for the USSR

  • The USSR would buy 5 million tons of sugar and give $100 million in credit

Explanation

Question 66 of 117

1

Where were the Jupiter bombs installed in 1961?

Select one of the following:

  • Italy

  • Turkey

  • Both

Explanation

Question 67 of 117

1

Who became the first man in space in 1961?

Select one of the following:

  • Neil Armstrong

  • Yuri Gagarin

Explanation

Question 68 of 117

1

What events proved Kennedy to be inexperienced?

Select one of the following:

  • Bay of Pigs invasion

  • Berlin Crisis (Berlin wall)

  • Both

Explanation

Question 69 of 117

1

What percentage of East Germans had fled through Berlin by 1961?

Select one of the following:

  • 20%

  • 10%

  • 12%

  • 39%

Explanation

Question 70 of 117

1

How much did Kennedy give in aid to South America in 1961?

Select one of the following:

  • $20 Billion

  • $3 Billion

  • $20 Million

Explanation

Question 71 of 117

1

Where did USSR and Western tanks face off in 1961?

Select one of the following:

  • Check Point Charlie, Berlin

  • Cuba

  • Turkey

  • Hungary

Explanation

Question 72 of 117

1

Who was at the 1961 Vienna Summit?

Select one of the following:

  • Eisenhower and Khrushchev

  • Kennedy and Khrushchev

Explanation

Question 73 of 117

1

Where did Peter Fechter die in 1962?

Select one of the following:

  • Moscow

  • Berlin

  • Seoul

Explanation

Question 74 of 117

1

How much did the USA spend on defense in 1962?

Select one of the following:

  • $50 Billion

  • $20 Billion

  • $90 Million

Explanation

Question 75 of 117

1

What events prompted Khrushchev's removal in 1962?

Select one of the following:

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Hot Line telephone link established

  • Peter Fechter's death

Explanation

Question 76 of 117

1

What did the USSR do in Finland in 1962?

Select one of the following:

  • Invade

  • Withdrew an election candidate

  • Cut off trade

Explanation

Question 77 of 117

1

When was the Test Ban Treaty?

Select one of the following:

  • 1961

  • 1962

  • 1963

Explanation

Question 78 of 117

1

The USSR gave China Damansky island in 1964, only to take it back when China boasted of teritorial gains.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 79 of 117

1

When did China get nuclear weapons?

Select one of the following:

  • 1950

  • 1957

  • 1964

Explanation

Question 80 of 117

1

What did the 8th Five year plan involve? (China, 1966)

Select one of the following:

  • Addressing Revisionism

  • Addressing Corruption

  • Addressing Technological Weaknesses

Explanation

Question 81 of 117

1

China wanted to deals with Fiat and Renault in 1966 as part of the 8th Five year plan.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 82 of 117

1

Where were there urban riots in 1968?

Select one of the following:

  • America

  • Berlin

  • USSR

Explanation

Question 83 of 117

1

When was the Czech Crisis?

Select one of the following:

  • 1968

  • 1966

  • 1967

Explanation

Question 84 of 117

1

What did China introduce in 1968?

Select one of the following:

  • Preemptive strike policy

  • A lithium bomb

Explanation

Question 85 of 117

1

What began in 1968?

Select one of the following:

  • SALT 1 talks

  • SALT 2 talks

Explanation

Question 86 of 117

1

What was the name of the treaty in 1968?

Select one of the following:

  • Non-proliferation treaty

  • Non-nuclear force treaty

  • Nuclear limiting treaty

Explanation

Question 87 of 117

1

Who were elected in 1969?

Select one of the following:

  • Willy Brandt and Nixon

  • Willy Brandt and Kennedy

  • Chernenko and Nixon

Explanation

Question 88 of 117

1

How many died in the 1969 Damansky/Ussuri border clash?

Select one of the following:

  • 860; 800 Chinese, 60 Soviet

  • 900; 700 Chinese, 200 Soviet

  • 340; 210 Chinese, 130 Soviet

Explanation

Question 89 of 117

1

What did the 1970 Moscow treaty do?

Select one of the following:

  • Formalise German, USSR and Polish borders

  • Formalise the division of Berlin

  • Withdrew troops from Eastern Europe

Explanation

Question 90 of 117

1

Where did Kissenger visit in 1971 as part of 'Ping Pong' diplomacy?

Select one of the following:

  • USSR

  • Berlin

  • China

Explanation

Question 91 of 117

1

What did SALT 1 ommit? (1972)

Select one of the following:

  • MIRVs

  • ICBMs

  • Lithium bombs

Explanation

Question 92 of 117

1

By how much did the Communique (1972) increase trade between the US and China?

Select one of the following:

  • $5 million to $500 million

  • $5 million to $2 billion

  • $10 million to $100 million

Explanation

Question 93 of 117

1

What did the Basic treaty end? (1972)

Select one of the following:

  • Hallstein Doctrine

  • Cold War

  • Division of Germany

Explanation

Question 94 of 117

1

What did the final Quadpartite treaty agree?

Select one of the following:

  • Germany was to be free and neutral

  • The four main powers were to withdraw from Berlin

  • The West had legal basis in West Germany and West Berlin

Explanation

Question 95 of 117

1

Who was involved in the Helsinki talks (1973)?

Select one of the following:

  • NATO and Warsaw Pact countries

  • USA and USSR

  • USA, USSR and GB

Explanation

Question 96 of 117

1

Where did Brezhnev visit in 1973?

Select one of the following:

  • Moscow

  • Beijing

  • Washington

Explanation

Question 97 of 117

1

By what percent did oil prices rise each month in 1973?

Select one of the following:

  • 5%

  • 10%

  • 3.5%

Explanation

Question 98 of 117

1

Who visited Moscow in 1974?

Select one of the following:

  • Nixon

  • Mao

  • Tito

Explanation

Question 99 of 117

1

SALT 2 talks began 1974.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 100 of 117

1

When were the Helsinki Accords?

Select one of the following:

  • 1974

  • 1975

  • 1976

  • 1977

Explanation

Question 101 of 117

1

What happened in China?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Ford visited

  • Rolls-Royce contract secured

Explanation

Question 102 of 117

1

The Apollo-Soyuz link up went perfectly.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 103 of 117

1

Carter was elected in 1975.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 104 of 117

1

Why was SALT 2 rejected (1979)?

Select one of the following:

  • Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

  • Papal influence

  • The missile gap

Explanation

Question 105 of 117

1

Who said "Do not be afraid" in 1979?

Select one of the following:

  • Brezhnev

  • Pope John Paul II

  • Thatcher

Explanation

Question 106 of 117

1

Where was Soviet influence increasing in the late 1970s?

Select one of the following:

  • Africa

  • South America

  • Europe

Explanation

Question 107 of 117

1

When were the Solidarity strikes?

Select one or more of the following:

  • 1980

  • 1981

  • 1982

Explanation

Question 108 of 117

1

The West boycotted the 1980 Moscow olympics.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 109 of 117

1

What Presidential Directive was issued in 1980 to increase nuclear arms?

Select one of the following:

  • 59

  • 79

  • 39

Explanation

Question 110 of 117

1

What did Reagan introduce when he was elected in 1981?

Select one of the following:

  • SDI

  • Massive retalliation

  • Brinkmanship

Explanation

Question 111 of 117

1

A North Korean airliner was shot down in 1983 by the USSR.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 112 of 117

1

Where did the US invade in 1983?

Select one of the following:

  • Grenada

  • USSR

  • Germany

  • Vietnam

Explanation

Question 113 of 117

1

Who was at the Geneva Summit in 1985?

Select one of the following:

  • Cherenko and Reagan

  • Carter and Cherenko

  • Reagan and Gorbachev

Explanation

Question 114 of 117

1

What as signed 1987?

Select one of the following:

  • Washington Summit

  • International Nuclear forces agreement

Explanation

Question 115 of 117

1

What did not happen in 1988?

Select one of the following:

  • Law on State Enterprises?

  • Congress of People's Deputies elections

  • Tianamen Square

  • Moscow Summit

  • Soviet troops in Eastern Europe reduced

Explanation

Question 116 of 117

1

Which did not happen in 1989?

Select one of the following:

  • A fuckload of Revolutions

  • Berlin wall falls

  • Polish election triumph for Solidarity

  • Tianamen square massacre

  • Malta summit

  • Reunification of Germany

Explanation

Question 117 of 117

1

The USSR and Cold War ended 1991.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Previous
Next