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WorksheetsThe cold war era
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 19mins
Cold War means
Hot War
Direct War
Superpower rivalry
Tension between superpowers
United Nations conference on Trade and Development by the United Nations was held in which year ?
1970
1977
1975
1972
Which one of the counties were not the member of Warsaw Pact?
Bulgaria
Poland
Greece
Czechoslovakia
Which one of the countries was not the member of NATO?
Britain
Hungary
Belgium
Netherlands
Which of the following statements about the NIEO is not false ?
Obtain access to western markets
Provide the developed countries with a greater role in international economic institutions
Which of the following was more likely to provoke a direct military confrontation between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.?
The Cuban missile crisis of 1962
The construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961
The Korean War of 1950-1953
The Berlin Airlift of 1948
Kwame Nkrumah, one of the founding members of NAM belonged to
Egypt
Yugoslavia
Ghana
Indonesia
Gamal Abdel Nasser, founding member of NAM belonged to
Egypt
Yugoslavia
Ghana
Indonesia
India is a ________ world country.
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Russia is a _________ world country.
First
Second
Third
Fourth
India's perspective for signing 'Treaty of Peace and friendship' with USSR was that it needed military & diplomatic support during Bangladesh crisis.
TRUE
FALSE
What was the Great Leap Forward?
Radical program in the Soviet Union to speed up the country's economic growth and reach the final stages of communism
Radical program in China to speed up the country's economic growth and reach the final stages of communism
U.S. foreign policy aimed at resisting the spread of Communism around the globe
Chinese foreign policy aimed at resisting the spread of Communism around the globe
In what year did China become a communist country?
1948
1949
1950
1951
Who coined the term Iron Curtain?
Franklin Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Harry Truman
Winston Churchill
Following a policy of neutrality on global issues was one of the objectives of NAM
True
False
India led the world protest against US when the latter attacked Egypt over Suez canal issue in 1956.
True
False
The first NAM Summit was held at Belgrade in the year
1962
1964
1961
1960
In June of 1950, North Korean forces crossed the _____________ and invaded the South.
38th parallel
36th parallel
34th parallel
31st parallel
On January 1, 1959, Fidel Castro’s forces overthrew the government led by:
Vicente Fox
Gabriela Mistral
José López Portillo
Fulgencio Batista
U.S. fears about the spread of communism were increased when ____ became a Communist nation in 1949.
Yugoslavia
China
South Korea
Vietnam
Which two ideologies were involved in a conflict during the Cold War era?
Communism and Capitalism
Monarchism and Capitalism
Communalism and Capitalism
None of them
Which organisation came into existence in April 1949?
CENTO
NATO
Warsaw Pact
SEATO
Which of the following countries was not a NATO member?
Germany
Czech Republic
France
India
Which one of the following is an agreement signed between the two superpowers starting in the 1960s?
Berlin Pact
Limited Test Ban Treaty
Moscow Agreement
Warsaw Pact
The event that took place in 1961 was
The construction of the Berlin wall
Soviet intervention in Afghanistan
Vietnamese Intervention in Cambodia
The unification of Germany
