Question 1
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When was the Monroe Doctrine established?
Question 2
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What happened in 1941?
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Nazi invasion of the USSR, Grand alliance formed
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Teheran Conference
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Nazi-Soviet Pact, Comintern
Question 3
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The Bolshevik Revolution took place in 1917.
Question 4
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When did Comintern take place?
Question 5
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What was the Platt ammendment? (1902)
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Establishing American dominance over Cuba
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Allowing Military build up
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Increasing presidential powers
Question 6
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Which is not a reason for historical mistrust between the US and USSR?
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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (1918)
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The Nazi-Soviet Pact (1939)
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The Bolshevik Revolution/Russian Civil War (1917)
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Invasions from Napoleon, Kaiser Willhelm and Nazi Germany
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Teheran conference (1943)
Question 7
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What was the value of goods the USSR stripped from Manchuria (China) in 1945?
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$2 Billion
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$5 Million
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$1 Billion
Question 8
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Who occupied Japan following 1945?
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America
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Britain
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USSR
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China
Question 9
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Who sat at the Yalta conference (1945)?
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Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt
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Stalin, Atlee, Truman
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Stalin, Churchill, Truman
Question 10
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Where were USSR spies found in 1946?
Question 11
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What did the Baruch plan (1946) aim to do?
Question 12
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Where weren't elections in 1946 rigged by the USSR?
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Greece
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Bulgaria
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Yugoslavia
Question 13
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Who did America believe was responsible for the Greek civil war (1946)?
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Tito
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Stalin
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Mussolini
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Ceausescu
Question 14
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When was Churchill's Iron Curtain speech?
Question 15
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What began in 1947?
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Truman Doctrine
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Marshall aid
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Both
Question 16
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Marshall aid was extended to countries in the Soviet sphere of influence.
Question 17
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Who did the Soviets force to turn down Marshall aid (1947)?
Question 18
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Who rigged the Hungarian elections in 1947?
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USSR
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America
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France
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Hungarian Communists
Question 19
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What did Cominform do?
Question 20
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Where was there a coup in 1948?
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Czechoslovakia
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Poland
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Hungary
Question 21
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What did the West introduce to West Germany in 1948?
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Capitalism
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Democracy
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The Deutschemarke
Question 22
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When did the Berlin Blockade end?
Question 23
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The USSR supported the Chinese Revolution (1949)
Question 24
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What happened in Semipalantinsk in 1949?
Question 25
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When was Comecon?
Question 26
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NATO was founded in 1949
Question 27
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Who withdrew troops from Korea in 1949, creating a power vacuum?
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The USSR
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The USA
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France
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The USA and USSR
Question 28
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When was the Korean War?
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1949 - 1952
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1950 - 1953
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1953 - 1955
Question 29
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What did NSC-68 do (1950)?
Question 30
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How many nuclear weapons did the USA have in 1950?
Question 31
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The Sino-Soviet alliance (1950) benefitted both sides equally.
Question 32
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What is Red Scare also known as? (1950s)
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McCarthyism
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Domino Theory
Question 33
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What did the Soviets have access to by 1952?
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Eastern European Uranium
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Gold reserves in Siberia
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Chinese Oil
Question 34
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What did the USA develop in 1952?
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ICBMs
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The hydrogen bomb
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The lithium bomb
Question 35
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What did Stalin's death in 1953 contribute to?
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Red Scare
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Domino Theory
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End of the Korean War
Question 36
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What did the USSR get in 1953?
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Hydrogen bomb
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Public support
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American funding
Question 37
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What did Malenkov's declaration to the Supreme Court do? (1953)
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Accepted spheres of influence, ruled out war
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Asserted USSR control of Eastern Europe
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Blamed America for the Korean war
Question 38
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When was the East Berlin Rising?
Question 39
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What percentage of the USA's GDP was spent on the arms race by 1953/54?
Question 40
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What was agreed at Geneva in 1954?
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The reunification of Korea
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French surrender in Indochina
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Division of Vietnam along the 17th Parallel
Question 41
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What did the USA develop in 1955?
Question 42
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The USA had nearly 2.5k nuclear weapons in 1955
Question 43
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What was the Austrian state treaty (1955)?
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Established Austria as part of Germany
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Made Austria a free and neutral country
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Allowed East Germans to leave the Eastern Bloc via the Austrian border
Question 44
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Where did Khrushchev and Eisenhower meet in 1955?
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Vienna
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Geneva
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Berlin
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Moscow
Question 45
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What was the TU20 Bear? (1956)
Question 46
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Where did the Soviets withdraw from in 1956?
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Hungary
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Finland
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Germany
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Czechoslovakia
Question 47
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What speech did Khrushchev make in 1956?
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Secret Speech
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Iron Curtain Speech
Question 48
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At what event did Mao call Khrushchev revisionist in 1956?
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Twentieth Party Congress
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UN Summit
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Moscow Conference
Question 49
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Why did the Soviets invade Hungary in 1956?
Question 50
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What was agreed at the Moscow Conference of Internation Communist Leaders? (1957)
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To prevent the spread of Revisionism
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To attempt to spread communism in the third world
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To allow for force to be used on request from other communist countries to stop uprisings
Question 51
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What was launched in 1957?
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Sputnik
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Kaputnik
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Apollo 11
Question 52
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What did the Gaither Report conclude? (1957)
Question 53
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What did China launch in 1957?
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Purges
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100 Flowers Campaign
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Reforms
Question 54
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The Soviets completed their first ICBM in 1956
Question 55
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What started the Berlin Crisis? (1958-1961)
Question 56
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What did the USA launch in 1958?
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Rollback
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Massive retalliation
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The first sattelite
Question 57
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The U2 spy plane first collected data in 1958
Question 58
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What did the Cultural Revolution (1958) and Great Leap Forward (1958) attack?
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Capitalism
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The USSR
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Revisionism
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Liberals
Question 59
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Where did Khrushchev visit in 1958?
Question 60
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What did Khrushchev mean when he said 'we will bury you' in his 1959 visit to the USA?
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Bury the US economically
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Win the arms race
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Start a nuclear war
Question 61
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Following the 1959 Cuban revolution, America refused to recognise Castro's government.
Question 62
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Why was the 1960 Paris summit cancelled?
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Bad Weather
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Bomb threat
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The U2 crisis
Question 63
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What did Castro declare himself in 1960?
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A communist
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A marxist-leninist
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A capitalist
Question 64
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What was the name of the submarine missile developed in 1960?
Question 65
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What did the five year treaty (1960) between the USSR and Cuba agree?
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The USSR would supply Cuba with arms
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Cuba would provide troops for the USSR
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The USSR would buy 5 million tons of sugar and give $100 million in credit
Question 66
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Where were the Jupiter bombs installed in 1961?
Question 67
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Who became the first man in space in 1961?
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Neil Armstrong
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Yuri Gagarin
Question 68
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What events proved Kennedy to be inexperienced?
Question 69
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What percentage of East Germans had fled through Berlin by 1961?
Question 70
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How much did Kennedy give in aid to South America in 1961?
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$20 Billion
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$3 Billion
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$20 Million
Question 71
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Where did USSR and Western tanks face off in 1961?
Question 72
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Who was at the 1961 Vienna Summit?
Question 73
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Where did Peter Fechter die in 1962?
Question 74
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How much did the USA spend on defense in 1962?
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$50 Billion
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$20 Billion
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$90 Million
Question 75
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What events prompted Khrushchev's removal in 1962?
Question 76
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What did the USSR do in Finland in 1962?
Question 77
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When was the Test Ban Treaty?
Question 78
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The USSR gave China Damansky island in 1964, only to take it back when China boasted of teritorial gains.
Question 79
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When did China get nuclear weapons?
Question 80
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What did the 8th Five year plan involve? (China, 1966)
Question 81
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China wanted to deals with Fiat and Renault in 1966 as part of the 8th Five year plan.
Question 82
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Where were there urban riots in 1968?
Question 83
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When was the Czech Crisis?
Question 84
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What did China introduce in 1968?
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Preemptive strike policy
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A lithium bomb
Question 85
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What began in 1968?
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SALT 1 talks
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SALT 2 talks
Question 86
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What was the name of the treaty in 1968?
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Non-proliferation treaty
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Non-nuclear force treaty
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Nuclear limiting treaty
Question 87
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Who were elected in 1969?
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Willy Brandt and Nixon
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Willy Brandt and Kennedy
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Chernenko and Nixon
Question 88
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How many died in the 1969 Damansky/Ussuri border clash?
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860; 800 Chinese, 60 Soviet
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900; 700 Chinese, 200 Soviet
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340; 210 Chinese, 130 Soviet
Question 89
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What did the 1970 Moscow treaty do?
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Formalise German, USSR and Polish borders
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Formalise the division of Berlin
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Withdrew troops from Eastern Europe
Question 90
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Where did Kissenger visit in 1971 as part of 'Ping Pong' diplomacy?
Question 91
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What did SALT 1 ommit? (1972)
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MIRVs
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ICBMs
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Lithium bombs
Question 92
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By how much did the Communique (1972) increase trade between the US and China?
Question 93
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What did the Basic treaty end? (1972)
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Hallstein Doctrine
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Cold War
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Division of Germany
Question 94
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What did the final Quadpartite treaty agree?
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Germany was to be free and neutral
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The four main powers were to withdraw from Berlin
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The West had legal basis in West Germany and West Berlin
Question 95
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Who was involved in the Helsinki talks (1973)?
Question 96
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Where did Brezhnev visit in 1973?
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Moscow
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Beijing
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Washington
Question 97
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By what percent did oil prices rise each month in 1973?
Question 98
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Who visited Moscow in 1974?
Question 99
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SALT 2 talks began 1974.
Question 100
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When were the Helsinki Accords?
Question 101
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What happened in China?
Question 102
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The Apollo-Soyuz link up went perfectly.
Question 103
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Carter was elected in 1975.
Question 104
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Why was SALT 2 rejected (1979)?
Question 105
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Who said "Do not be afraid" in 1979?
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Brezhnev
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Pope John Paul II
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Thatcher
Question 106
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Where was Soviet influence increasing in the late 1970s?
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Africa
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South America
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Europe
Question 107
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When were the Solidarity strikes?
Question 108
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The West boycotted the 1980 Moscow olympics.
Question 109
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What Presidential Directive was issued in 1980 to increase nuclear arms?
Question 110
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What did Reagan introduce when he was elected in 1981?
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SDI
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Massive retalliation
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Brinkmanship
Question 111
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A North Korean airliner was shot down in 1983 by the USSR.
Question 112
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Where did the US invade in 1983?
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Grenada
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USSR
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Germany
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Vietnam
Question 113
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Who was at the Geneva Summit in 1985?
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Cherenko and Reagan
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Carter and Cherenko
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Reagan and Gorbachev
Question 114
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What as signed 1987?
Question 115
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What did not happen in 1988?
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Law on State Enterprises?
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Congress of People's Deputies elections
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Tianamen Square
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Moscow Summit
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Soviet troops in Eastern Europe reduced
Question 116
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Which did not happen in 1989?
Question 117
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The USSR and Cold War ended 1991.