The Cold War 1946-1979

Which of the following is NOT the feature of the Cold War?

• Economic and military cooperation

• Spying operation

• Large-scale fighting

• Rivalry between the capitalist bloc and the communist loc

What were the spy organizations of the US and the Soviet Union set up at the beginning of the Cold War?

• USA - Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); USSR - Committee for State Security (KGB)

• USA - NATO; USSR - the Warsaw Pact

• USA - Marshall Plan; USSR - Molotov Plan

• None of the above

Which of the following was NOT the Soviet satellite?

• Yugoslavia

• Poland

• Czechoslovakia

• Rumania

Which of the following descriptions about the Iron Curtain speech is INCORRECT?

• It's delivered by Winston Churchill in Westminster College on 5 March 1946.

• It described the barrier set up by the Soviet Union along the borders of her satellites in Eastern Europe.

• It criticised the Soviet Union to be responsible for the division of Europe after the Second World War.

• It improved the relationships between the Soviet Union and the Allies.

Which of the following descriptions about the result and impact of the Truman Doctrine (1947) is INCORRECT?

• US offered US$400 million and military experts to Greece and Turkey to combat the communist threat.

• The Greek Civil War ended in 1949 and checked the communist advance in Eastern Europe.

• It marked a great change in American foreign policy and the start of the containment policy.

• All Soviet satellites successfully became capitalist countries against the Soviet Union.

Which of the following countries did NOT receive the aid from the Marshall Plan?

• Britain, France and West Germany

• Italy, Holland and Austria

• Belgium, Greece and Turkey

• Spain, Poland and Finland

Which of the following was the counteraction of the Soviet Union against the Marshall Plan?

• Molotov Plan and the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON)

• European Recovery Program

• the Four-Year Plan

• None of the above

What was set up in the divided Germany to ensure cooperation among Britain, France, US and the Soviet Union in 1945?

• The United Nations

• The Allied Control Council

• NATO

• None of the above

Which of the following was NOT the background of the set up of NATO?

• The growing fear of communist strength in Europe

• The Soviet Union's rising influence in Eastern Europe

• The Berlin Blockade

• The Korean War

Which of the following was NOT the background of the set up of the Warsaw Pact in 1955?

• The Soviet Union's counteraction against NATO

• The admission of West Germany into NATO in 1955

• The set up of the United Nations

• None of the above