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Cold war Revision
Jenny Wren
Quiz by Jenny Wren, updated more than 1 year ago
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Question 1

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When was the Monroe Doctrine established?
Answer
  • 1890
  • 1898
  • 1908

Question 2

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What happened in 1941?
Answer
  • Nazi invasion of the USSR, Grand alliance formed
  • Teheran Conference
  • Nazi-Soviet Pact, Comintern

Question 3

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The Bolshevik Revolution took place in 1917.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 4

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When did Comintern take place?
Answer
  • 1919
  • 1914
  • 1929

Question 5

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What was the Platt ammendment? (1902)
Answer
  • Establishing American dominance over Cuba
  • Allowing Military build up
  • Increasing presidential powers

Question 6

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

Question 7

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What was the value of goods the USSR stripped from Manchuria (China) in 1945?
Answer
  • $2 Billion
  • $5 Million
  • $1 Billion

Question 8

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Who occupied Japan following 1945?
Answer
  • America
  • Britain
  • USSR
  • China

Question 9

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Who sat at the Yalta conference (1945)?
Answer
  • Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt
  • Stalin, Atlee, Truman
  • Stalin, Churchill, Truman

Question 10

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Where were USSR spies found in 1946?
Answer
  • Britain
  • Canada
  • America

Question 11

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What did the Baruch plan (1946) aim to do?
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  • Limit nuclear weapons
  • Control the arms race
  • Establish spheres of influence

Question 12

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Where weren't elections in 1946 rigged by the USSR?
Answer
  • Greece
  • Bulgaria
  • Yugoslavia

Question 13

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Who did America believe was responsible for the Greek civil war (1946)?
Answer
  • Tito
  • Stalin
  • Mussolini
  • Ceausescu

Question 14

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When was Churchill's Iron Curtain speech?
Answer
  • 1945
  • 1956
  • 1946

Question 15

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What began in 1947?
Answer
  • Truman Doctrine
  • Marshall aid
  • Both

Question 16

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Marshall aid was extended to countries in the Soviet sphere of influence.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 17

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Who did the Soviets force to turn down Marshall aid (1947)?
Answer
  • Greece and Bulgaria
  • Poland and Czechoslovakia

Question 18

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Who rigged the Hungarian elections in 1947?
Answer
  • USSR
  • America
  • France
  • Hungarian Communists

Question 19

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What did Cominform do?
Answer
  • Establish the Eastern bloc
  • Increase Soviet economic control
  • Annex Eastern Europe

Question 20

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Where was there a coup in 1948?
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  • Czechoslovakia
  • Poland
  • Hungary

Question 21

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What did the West introduce to West Germany in 1948?
Answer
  • Capitalism
  • Democracy
  • The Deutschemarke

Question 22

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When did the Berlin Blockade end?
Answer
  • 1949
  • 1948
  • 1950

Question 23

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The USSR supported the Chinese Revolution (1949)
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 24

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What happened in Semipalantinsk in 1949?
Answer
  • The USSR's first nuclear detonation
  • A popular uprising
  • A coup

Question 25

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When was Comecon?
Answer
  • 1950
  • 1951
  • 1949

Question 26

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NATO was founded in 1949
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 27

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Who withdrew troops from Korea in 1949, creating a power vacuum?
Answer
  • The USSR
  • The USA
  • France
  • The USA and USSR

Question 28

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When was the Korean War?
Answer
  • 1949 - 1952
  • 1950 - 1953
  • 1953 - 1955

Question 29

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What did NSC-68 do (1950)?
Answer
  • Increase defense spending from 5% of the GDP to 12% by 1953
  • Increase Presidential powers
  • Declare war in Korea

Question 30

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How many nuclear weapons did the USA have in 1950?
Answer
  • 298
  • 507
  • 102

Question 31

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The Sino-Soviet alliance (1950) benefitted both sides equally.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 32

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What is Red Scare also known as? (1950s)
Answer
  • McCarthyism
  • Domino Theory

Question 33

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What did the Soviets have access to by 1952?
Answer
  • Eastern European Uranium
  • Gold reserves in Siberia
  • Chinese Oil

Question 34

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What did the USA develop in 1952?
Answer
  • ICBMs
  • The hydrogen bomb
  • The lithium bomb

Question 35

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What did Stalin's death in 1953 contribute to?
Answer
  • Red Scare
  • Domino Theory
  • End of the Korean War

Question 36

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What did the USSR get in 1953?
Answer
  • Hydrogen bomb
  • Public support
  • American funding

Question 37

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What did Malenkov's declaration to the Supreme Court do? (1953)
Answer
  • Accepted spheres of influence, ruled out war
  • Asserted USSR control of Eastern Europe
  • Blamed America for the Korean war

Question 38

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When was the East Berlin Rising?
Answer
  • 1950
  • 1954
  • 1953

Question 39

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What percentage of the USA's GDP was spent on the arms race by 1953/54?
Answer
  • 12%
  • 25%
  • 7%

Question 40

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What was agreed at Geneva in 1954?
Answer
  • The reunification of Korea
  • French surrender in Indochina
  • Division of Vietnam along the 17th Parallel

Question 41

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What did the USA develop in 1955?
Answer
  • ICBM
  • Polaris
  • SDI

Question 42

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The USA had nearly 2.5k nuclear weapons in 1955
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 43

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What was the Austrian state treaty (1955)?
Answer
  • 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

Question 44

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Where did Khrushchev and Eisenhower meet in 1955?
Answer
  • Vienna
  • Geneva
  • Berlin
  • Moscow

Question 45

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What was the TU20 Bear? (1956)
Answer
  • The USSR's new defensive policy
  • An American bomb
  • A Soviet Intercontinental bomber

Question 46

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Where did the Soviets withdraw from in 1956?
Answer
  • Hungary
  • Finland
  • Germany
  • Czechoslovakia

Question 47

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What speech did Khrushchev make in 1956?
Answer
  • Secret Speech
  • Iron Curtain Speech

Question 48

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At what event did Mao call Khrushchev revisionist in 1956?
Answer
  • Twentieth Party Congress
  • UN Summit
  • Moscow Conference

Question 49

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Why did the Soviets invade Hungary in 1956?
Answer
  • To stop the Hungarian Uprising
  • To install a communist regime
  • To sieze nuclear weapons

Question 50

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

Question 51

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What was launched in 1957?
Answer
  • Sputnik
  • Kaputnik
  • Apollo 11

Question 52

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What did the Gaither Report conclude? (1957)
Answer
  • The American economy was failing
  • Communism was spreading
  • There was a missile gap developing

Question 53

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What did China launch in 1957?
Answer
  • Purges
  • 100 Flowers Campaign
  • Reforms

Question 54

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The Soviets completed their first ICBM in 1956
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 55

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What started the Berlin Crisis? (1958-1961)
Answer
  • Soviet expansionism
  • Khrushchev's order for the West to leave Berlin
  • The new Deutschemarke

Question 56

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What did the USA launch in 1958?
Answer
  • Rollback
  • Massive retalliation
  • The first sattelite

Question 57

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The U2 spy plane first collected data in 1958
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 58

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What did the Cultural Revolution (1958) and Great Leap Forward (1958) attack?
Answer
  • Capitalism
  • The USSR
  • Revisionism
  • Liberals

Question 59

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Where did Khrushchev visit in 1958?
Answer
  • Beijing
  • New York
  • Berlin

Question 60

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What did Khrushchev mean when he said 'we will bury you' in his 1959 visit to the USA?
Answer
  • Bury the US economically
  • Win the arms race
  • Start a nuclear war

Question 61

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Following the 1959 Cuban revolution, America refused to recognise Castro's government.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 62

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Why was the 1960 Paris summit cancelled?
Answer
  • Bad Weather
  • Bomb threat
  • The U2 crisis

Question 63

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What did Castro declare himself in 1960?
Answer
  • A communist
  • A marxist-leninist
  • A capitalist

Question 64

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What was the name of the submarine missile developed in 1960?
Answer
  • Ariel
  • Neptune
  • Polaris

Question 65

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

Question 66

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Where were the Jupiter bombs installed in 1961?
Answer
  • Italy
  • Turkey
  • Both

Question 67

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Who became the first man in space in 1961?
Answer
  • Neil Armstrong
  • Yuri Gagarin

Question 68

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What events proved Kennedy to be inexperienced?
Answer
  • Bay of Pigs invasion
  • Berlin Crisis (Berlin wall)
  • Both

Question 69

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What percentage of East Germans had fled through Berlin by 1961?
Answer
  • 20%
  • 10%
  • 12%
  • 39%

Question 70

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How much did Kennedy give in aid to South America in 1961?
Answer
  • $20 Billion
  • $3 Billion
  • $20 Million

Question 71

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Where did USSR and Western tanks face off in 1961?
Answer
  • Check Point Charlie, Berlin
  • Cuba
  • Turkey
  • Hungary

Question 72

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Who was at the 1961 Vienna Summit?
Answer
  • Eisenhower and Khrushchev
  • Kennedy and Khrushchev

Question 73

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Where did Peter Fechter die in 1962?
Answer
  • Moscow
  • Berlin
  • Seoul

Question 74

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How much did the USA spend on defense in 1962?
Answer
  • $50 Billion
  • $20 Billion
  • $90 Million

Question 75

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What events prompted Khrushchev's removal in 1962?
Answer
  • Cuban Missile Crisis
  • Hot Line telephone link established
  • Peter Fechter's death

Question 76

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What did the USSR do in Finland in 1962?
Answer
  • Invade
  • Withdrew an election candidate
  • Cut off trade

Question 77

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When was the Test Ban Treaty?
Answer
  • 1961
  • 1962
  • 1963

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.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 79

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When did China get nuclear weapons?
Answer
  • 1950
  • 1957
  • 1964

Question 80

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What did the 8th Five year plan involve? (China, 1966)
Answer
  • Addressing Revisionism
  • Addressing Corruption
  • Addressing Technological Weaknesses

Question 81

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

Question 82

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Where were there urban riots in 1968?
Answer
  • America
  • Berlin
  • USSR

Question 83

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When was the Czech Crisis?
Answer
  • 1968
  • 1966
  • 1967

Question 84

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What did China introduce in 1968?
Answer
  • Preemptive strike policy
  • A lithium bomb

Question 85

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What began in 1968?
Answer
  • SALT 1 talks
  • SALT 2 talks

Question 86

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What was the name of the treaty in 1968?
Answer
  • Non-proliferation treaty
  • Non-nuclear force treaty
  • Nuclear limiting treaty

Question 87

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Who were elected in 1969?
Answer
  • Willy Brandt and Nixon
  • Willy Brandt and Kennedy
  • Chernenko and Nixon

Question 88

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How many died in the 1969 Damansky/Ussuri border clash?
Answer
  • 860; 800 Chinese, 60 Soviet
  • 900; 700 Chinese, 200 Soviet
  • 340; 210 Chinese, 130 Soviet

Question 89

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What did the 1970 Moscow treaty do?
Answer
  • Formalise German, USSR and Polish borders
  • Formalise the division of Berlin
  • Withdrew troops from Eastern Europe

Question 90

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Where did Kissenger visit in 1971 as part of 'Ping Pong' diplomacy?
Answer
  • USSR
  • Berlin
  • China

Question 91

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What did SALT 1 ommit? (1972)
Answer
  • MIRVs
  • ICBMs
  • Lithium bombs

Question 92

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By how much did the Communique (1972) increase trade between the US and China?
Answer
  • $5 million to $500 million
  • $5 million to $2 billion
  • $10 million to $100 million

Question 93

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What did the Basic treaty end? (1972)
Answer
  • Hallstein Doctrine
  • Cold War
  • Division of Germany

Question 94

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What did the final Quadpartite treaty agree?
Answer
  • 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

Question 95

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Who was involved in the Helsinki talks (1973)?
Answer
  • NATO and Warsaw Pact countries
  • USA and USSR
  • USA, USSR and GB

Question 96

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Where did Brezhnev visit in 1973?
Answer
  • Moscow
  • Beijing
  • Washington

Question 97

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By what percent did oil prices rise each month in 1973?
Answer
  • 5%
  • 10%
  • 3.5%

Question 98

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Who visited Moscow in 1974?
Answer
  • Nixon
  • Mao
  • Tito

Question 99

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SALT 2 talks began 1974.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 100

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When were the Helsinki Accords?
Answer
  • 1974
  • 1975
  • 1976
  • 1977

Question 101

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What happened in China?
Answer
  • Ford visited
  • Rolls-Royce contract secured

Question 102

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The Apollo-Soyuz link up went perfectly.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 103

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Carter was elected in 1975.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 104

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Why was SALT 2 rejected (1979)?
Answer
  • Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
  • Papal influence
  • The missile gap

Question 105

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Who said "Do not be afraid" in 1979?
Answer
  • Brezhnev
  • Pope John Paul II
  • Thatcher

Question 106

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Where was Soviet influence increasing in the late 1970s?
Answer
  • Africa
  • South America
  • Europe

Question 107

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When were the Solidarity strikes?
Answer
  • 1980
  • 1981
  • 1982

Question 108

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The West boycotted the 1980 Moscow olympics.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 109

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What Presidential Directive was issued in 1980 to increase nuclear arms?
Answer
  • 59
  • 79
  • 39

Question 110

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What did Reagan introduce when he was elected in 1981?
Answer
  • SDI
  • Massive retalliation
  • Brinkmanship

Question 111

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A North Korean airliner was shot down in 1983 by the USSR.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 112

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Where did the US invade in 1983?
Answer
  • Grenada
  • USSR
  • Germany
  • Vietnam

Question 113

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Who was at the Geneva Summit in 1985?
Answer
  • Cherenko and Reagan
  • Carter and Cherenko
  • Reagan and Gorbachev

Question 114

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What as signed 1987?
Answer
  • Washington Summit
  • International Nuclear forces agreement

Question 115

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What did not happen in 1988?
Answer
  • Law on State Enterprises?
  • Congress of People's Deputies elections
  • Tianamen Square
  • Moscow Summit
  • Soviet troops in Eastern Europe reduced

Question 116

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Which did not happen in 1989?
Answer
  • A fuckload of Revolutions
  • Berlin wall falls
  • Polish election triumph for Solidarity
  • Tianamen square massacre
  • Malta summit
  • Reunification of Germany

Question 117

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The USSR and Cold War ended 1991.
Answer
  • True
  • False
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