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(The Origins of the Cold War 1945 - 49) iGCSE History Test sobre The Potsdam Conference, creado por Drew Bott el 20/10/2020.

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The Potsdam Conference

The Potsdam Conference

Pregunta 1 de 12

1

When was the Potsdam Conference?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • July/August 1944

  • July/August 1945

  • July/August 1946

Explicación

Pregunta 2 de 12

1

Where is Potsdam?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Poland, near Warsaw

  • Ukraine, the Crimea

  • Germany, outside Berlin

Explicación

Pregunta 3 de 12

1

Who attended the Potsdam Conference?

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Roosevelt

  • Truman

  • Churchill (for a short time)

  • De Gaulle

  • Attlee

Explicación

Pregunta 4 de 12

1

What was the 'context' of the Potsdam Conference?

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The USA had developed the atomic bomb

  • The War in Europe was over

  • The Soviet Red army 'occupied' most of Eastern Europe

  • The USA now had a 'hardline anti communist' as President

  • The Soviet's were setting up a communist government in Poland

  • The Soviets were respectfully adhering to the Declaration on Liberated Europe.

Explicación

Pregunta 5 de 12

1

Which of the following phrases are associated with Truman?

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 'I'm tired of babying the Soviets'

  • 'No one puts the USA in the corner'

  • 'Win, draw, lose, we must win'

  • 'With the atomic bomb I'll sure have a hammer on those boys'

Explicación

Pregunta 6 de 12

1

Which word 'best' describes Truman's attitude towards the Soviets?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Flexible

  • Passive

  • Uncompromising (get tough)

  • Empathetic

Explicación

Pregunta 7 de 12

1

Before WWII Truman had admired the Wilsonian principles of self determination for Europe

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 8 de 12

1

Which word best describe the mood at Potsdam?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Friendly

  • Aggressive

  • Acrimonious

  • Hostile

Explicación

Pregunta 9 de 12

1

What was the 'main' focus of the Potsdam meeting?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • How to control atomic energy

  • What do do with Germany

  • What to do with Poland

  • How to end the war in Japan

Explicación

Pregunta 10 de 12

1

Truman informed Stalin the US had a weapon of monstrously destructive force. Stalin was unmoved and said he hoped Truman used it to bring a speedy conclusion to the war against Japan.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 11 de 12

1

Which of the following was crucial in Stalin's 'thinking' at Potsdam?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • He had to have a large army as the USA had a new weapon of mass destruction

  • He had to compromise with the West or risk another war

  • He had to ensure future Russian security from invasion - after all 20 million Russians had died in WWII

Explicación

Pregunta 12 de 12

1

It was agreed at Potsdam that....

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The USSR could take reparations from their zone and they would receive 25% from the other Western zones

  • The USSR should have no reparations

  • The USSR would give up demands for reparations if they could have communist controlled governments in Eastern Europe

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