Early Cold War Quiz

In 1947 President Truman sent General George Marshall to see what could be done to limit the spread of Communism. Marshall recommended spending…

• $1.2 Billion
• $5.2 Billion
• $10.2 Billion
• $12 Billion

What was the name of the political group who formed a Communist government in Poland at the end of the war?

• Lublin Poles
• London Poles
• Leftwing Poles
• Leninist Poles

Where was Winston Churchill when he delivered his notorious 'Iron Curtain' speech in 1945?

• London, England
• Missouri, USA
• Potsdam, Germany
• New York, USA

Which one of these ideas is NOT a communist one?

• Several political parties representing different sectors of society
• All businesses and factories are owned by the state
• Individual rights and freedoms are less important than obedience to the state
• Censorship and state controlled media

Who was the leader of Communist Yugoslavia after WW2?

• Tito
• Imre Nagy
• Janos Kadar
• Joseph Stalin

Who wrote the Long telegram?

• Nikolai Novikov
• George Kennan
• Winston Churchill
• George Marshall

The Berlin Crisis of 1948 was triggered by which event?

• The creation of the Federal Republic of Germany
• The formation of NATO
• The Marshall Plan
• The creation of Trizonia and the formation of a new currency

What was the name of the American airport in West Berlin?

• Templehof
• Schonefeld
• Tegel
• Gatow

Which organisation co-ordinated economic policy across the Eastern Bloc 1949-51?

• The Warsaw Pact
• Cominform
• The Marshall Plan
• Comecon
• The People's Assembly for Mutual Prosperity

The Truman Doctrine changed the focus of US foreign policy from isolationism to…

• Détente
• Containment
• Tolerance
• Interventionism