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A quiz on the Cold war

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Cold War

Question 1 of 5

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Why was the Cold War called the Cold war?

Select one of the following:

  • They were a lot of indirect fighting in smaller scale wars but the name was mainly because people tended to spy instead

  • It was fought in winter

  • The name is ironic; it was fought in summer

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Question 2 of 5

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After the fall of Hitler, Germany was split into four occupation zones: British, American, French and Soviet Union. After a short while, the British, French and American zones merged into West Germany. Why?

Select one of the following:

  • Britain, America and France didn't trust the Soviets

  • Stalin wanted an indiviual Country control by himself

  • Britain, America and France needed help from each other but thought Stalin would be fine on his own

  • They wanted to unify Germany but Stalin wasn't having it

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Question 3 of 5

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How did the Cold War start?

Select one of the following:

  • America and the USSR were biased about their own politics and both tried to force the other to use their style

  • The USSR didn't like how Britain, France and America were treating Immigrants

  • The USSR didn't like how Britain, France and America were treating the Germans on their side of Germany

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Question 4 of 5

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Why was it so important that the Cuban Missile Crisis failed?

Select one of the following:

  • Both sides had nukes that could wipe us all out

  • Both sides had atomic bombs that could wipe them out

  • Germany would have crumbled

  • Stalin would have won the Cold War

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Question 5 of 5

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Why was David Hasselhoff in Berlin for the fall of the Berlin Wall?

Select one of the following:

  • He was a celebrity guest

  • He was orginally German

  • He was Jewish

  • He was originally russian

Explanation