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WorksheetsCold War GCSE QUIZ
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of these leaders was not at the Yalta conference?
a)
Churchill
b)
Roosevelt
c)
Truman
d)
Stalin
2.
Question*Which of these was not a point of conflict at the Potsdam conference?
a)
Denazification
b)
Reparations
c)
Free elections
d)
Germany's borders.
3.
In which country was politician Jan Masaryk killed by Stalin's Communists?
a)
Poland
b)
Hungary
c)
Italy
d)
Czechoslovakia
4.
How did Stalin take over the Governments of Eastern Europe?
a)
Salami Tactics
b)
Marshall Aid
c)
Containment
d)
Buffer Zone
5.
How much money did the Marshall plan provide for European recovery?
a)
$170,000
b)
$17 Million Dollars
c)
$17 Billion
d)
$170 million
6.
Which of these was a not a condition of accepting Marshall aid?
a)
Buy American goods and services
b)
Join the OECC
c)
Host American military bases.
d)
Allow American investment.
7.
In what year did the Berlin Blockade start?
a)
1947
b)
1948
c)
1949
d)
1950
8.
What prompted Stalin to blockade Berlin?
a)
The introduction of a new currency in the West.
b)
The division of Germany
c)
The Iron Curtain speech
d)
The Novikov Telegram
9.
Who was leader of Cuba until 1959?
a)
Che Guevara
b)
Fidel Castro
c)
Fulgencio Batista
d)
Costa Barista
10.
Which of these was not created in 1949?
a)
The Warsaw Pact
b)
NATO
c)
German Democratic Republic
d)
Federal Republic of Germany
11.
Who was leader of Cuba until 1959?
a)
Che Guevara
b)
Fidel Castro
c)
Fulgencio Batista
d)
Costa Barista
12.
Which of these did Cuba NOT produce?
a)
Oil
b)
Sugar
c)
Tobacco
d)
Rum
13.
When was the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
a)
1959
b)
1960
c)
1961
d)
1962
14.
How did Fidel Castro anger America after taking power?
a)
Boycotting American goods
b)
Attacking American Ships
c)
Seizing American Businesses
d)
Buying Russian Oil
15.
How long did the Cuban Missile Crisis last?
a)
2 Weeks
b)
1 Month
c)
5 Days
d)
13 Days
16.
Which of these was NOT placed in Cuba by the Soviet Union?
a)
ICBMs
b)
MRBMs
c)
IRBMs
d)
Missile transporters
17.
To end the Cuban missile crisis Kennedy agreed to...
a)
Withdraw missiles from Turkey publicly.
b)
Withdraw missiles from Germany in secret.
c)
begin trading with Cuba.
d)
Withdraw missiles from Turkey in secret.
18.
Which of these was NOT a consequence of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a)
A hotline was installed between the White House and the Kremlin
b)
France withdrew from NATO
c)
The Limited Test Ban Treaty
d)
An escalation in Cold War tension.
19.
In what year did the French leave Vietnam?
a)
1954
b)
1955
c)
1956
d)
1957
20.
Who was the leader of the Capitalist Republic of (South) Vietnam?
a)
Ngo Dinh Diem
b)
Bao Dai
c)
Ho Chi Minh
d)
General Giap
21.
Which resolution was passed in 1964 allowing the American president to use military force in Vietnam?
a)
The Rolling Thunder Resolution
b)
The Search and Destroy Resolution
c)
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
d)
The Da Nang Thang
22.
How did President Kennedy escalate American involvement in Vietnam?
a)
Bombing North Vietnam.
b)
Sending US Marines.
c)
Sending Military Advisers.
d)
Using Nuclear weapons.
23.
Which President first sent combat troops to Vietnam and when?
a)
Johnson 1965
b)
Kennedy 1964
c)
Johnson 1963
d)
Kennedy 1963
24.
Which Massacre occurred in 1968 and was widely publicised in America?
a)
Ke Sanh
b)
My Lai
c)
Tet
d)
Da Nang
25.
Which of these was tactic used by the Vietcong and the NVA?
a)
Cluster Bombs
b)
Search and Destroy
c)
Hanging on to the Belts
d)
Hanging on to the Hats
26.
Which of these was NOT booby traptactic used by the Vietcong and the NVA?
a)
Toe Poppers
b)
Trip Wires
c)
Punji Stakes
d)
Agent Orange
27.
Which famous boxer refused to serve in Vietnam after being conscripted?
a)
George Foreman
b)
Joe Frazer
c)
Rocky Balboa
d)
Mohammed Ali
28.
Which of these groups did not protest against the Vietnam War?
a)
SDS (Students for a Democratic Society)
b)
The Catholic Chuch
c)
VVAW (Vietnam Veterans Against the War)
d)
SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)
29.
Where were four American students shot dead by the National Guard at a Vietnam War Protest?
a)
Kent State University
b)
Harvard University
c)
University of Southern California
d)
University of California Berkley
30.
Which President introduced the policy of Vietnamization?
a)
Eisenhower
b)
Kennedy
c)
Johnson
d)
Nixon
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