Cold War Complete

Which countries formed the Grand Alliance?

• Britain

• France

• Soviet Union

• USA

Which Soviet leader ruled from 1985 - 1991?

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Josef Stalin

• Nikita Khrushchev

What year did the Soviet Union invade Afghanistan?

• 1977

• 1978

• 1979

• 1980

Which countries had Nuclear missiles placed in them by the USA?

• Romania

• Italy

• Ukraine

• Turkey

Into how many zones was Berlin divided at Yalta?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Which of these countries did not fall to communism after the Second World War?

• Austria

• Czechoslovakia

• Poland

• Hungary

What did the USA test just before the Potsdam conference?

• An U2 spy plane

• Atomic bomb

• Air raid siren

• Nuclear Submarines

To which policy was the US committed under the Truman doctrine?

• Appeasement

• Isolationism

• Protectionism

• Containment

Which leader ordered the Berlin Blockade?

• Roosevelt

• Khrushchev

• Stalin

• Kennedy

Why was Khrushchev so keen to support Castro's Cuba?

• Cuba was an ideal place for tourism

• Cuba was an important source of oil

• The USSR wanted an ally close to the US border

• Castro had supported Khrushchev in the Hungarian Uprising