Detente Quiz

Which communist leader claimed to be 'Stalin's' best pupil'?

• Rakosi

• Khrushchev

• Brezhnev

• Dubcek

What did the US refuse to buy from Cuba that led to the Cuban-Soviet relationship?

• Cars

• Sugar

• Wood

• Tobacco

What did the US secretly agree to do, which ended the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Remove missiles from Turkey

• Pay the Soviet Union money

• Stop spying in the East

• Agree to the Berlin Wall

Which of these events took place in 1948-49?

• Berlin Airlift

• Hungarian Uprising

• Berlin Wall

• Potsdam Conference

During which event did East West relations reach their lowest point?

• Berlin Wall

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Prague Spring

What key term did the West use to describe preventing the spread of communism?

• Containment

• Domino Effect

• Prevent

• Capitalisation

How did the Soviet Union control the satellite states?

• Cominform & comecon

• Fear and intimidation

• Domino Effect

• Marshall Aid

What was the name of the invasion of Cuba by exiled Cuban soldiers?

• Bay of Pigs

• Dock of Lions

• Pier of Kestrels

• Beach of Horses

What did Churchill claim had been in drawn across Europe in 1946

• An Iron Curtain

• A Berlin Wall

• A Soviet Statue

• A Concrete Barrier

How did the US respond to finding out that the Soviets had missiles in Cuba?

• They sent the Air Force to bomb Cuba
• They began placing missiles in the Soviet Union.
• They placed a naval blockade around Cuba.
• They invaded Cuba and the Soviet Union.