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East and West 1945-1972 Quiz
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1Josef Stalin, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt met in Yalta, Ukraine to discuss what would happen after the war.
- ATrue
- BFalse
2What does Cominform stand for?
- ACommunist International Society
- BCommunist Informat
- CCommunist Information Bureau
- DCommon International Bureau
3The US differed from the the USSR in terms of ideology; the US was [blank_start]capitalist[blank_end] and democratic, while the USSR was a dictatorship and [blank_start]communist[blank_end].
- Acapitalist
- Bsocialist
- Ccommunist
- Depistocratic
4There were [blank_start]12[blank_end] founding members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
- A11
- B12
- C13
- D14
5What was the alliance between the USSR and the main communist states in Eastern Europe in 1955 called?
- AMoscow Pact
- BKellogg-Briand Pact
- CKrakow Pact
- DWarsaw Pact
6What two countries did Kim Il Sung receive support from to invade South Korea in 1950?
- AUSSR and Japan
- BLaos and USSR
- CVietnam and USSR
- DUSSR and China
7The 'Domino effect' was the belief that if one country in an area fell to communism then the rest would fall too.
- ATrue
- BFalse
8What does ICBM stand for?
- AInter-Continental Backing Missiles
- BInter-Continental Ballistic Missiles
- CInter-Colonial Ballistic Missiles
- DInter-Country Ballistic Move
9Why did the Paris Peace Summit 1960 fail?
- AKhrushchev fell ill before negotiations
- BKhrushchev had tapped into phone calls in White House
- CNuclear warheads were discovered near the Russian border
- DEisenhower refused to apologise about a US spy plane that was shot down in Russia
10During the Cuban Missiile Crisis, Khrushchev agreed a [blank_start]$100[blank_end] million package of economic aid, military equipment and technical advisers to Castro.
- A$95
- B$100
- C$87
- D$125
11Which US President launched Operation Rolling Thunder in 1965?
- ADwight D. Eisenhower
- BJohn F. Kennedy
- CLyndon B. Johnson
- DRichard Nixon
12During the Vietnamese War, what percentage of African-Americans were drafted to fight?
- A30%
- B19%
- C29%
- D24%
13In 1962, the US and USSR agreed the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT) to reduce the amount of nuclear weapons being produced.
- ATrue
- BFalse
14What part of the moon did the Apollo 11 mission land on in July 1969?
- ADark Side of the Moon
- BSea of Tranquility
- COcean of Poseidon
- DSea of Equality
15Name the former Soviet Leader.
- AJimmy Carter
- BLeonid Brezhnev
- CMikhail Gorbachev
- DBoris Yeltsin
- ENikita Khrushchev
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