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WorksheetsThe Global Cold War, 1955-1963
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
What year did Stalin die?
1953
1955
1952
1956
What infamous speech did Khruschev give in 1956?
The Stalin speech
The Secret speech
The Communist speech
The De-stalinisation speech
Which was not a key element of peaceful co-existence
Limiting interference in the sovereignty of other states
Willingness to reduce the size of the Soviet military
Eliminate threat of war through diplomacy
Encourage aggressive revolutions against the capitalist world
What proposal did Eisenhower make at the Geneva Summit in Sep 1955?
Open skies
Sharing of nuclear plans
Soviet Union to join NATO
Independence for Poland and Hungary
Which satellite state saw an unrest from June - October 1956?
Poland
Hungary
Albania
Bulgaria
Who became Prime Minister of Hungary in October 1956?
Imre Nagy
Boris Yeltsin
Janos Kadar
Jurgen Klinsmann
The first man in space in 1961 was ?
Yuri Gagarin
Buzz Aldrin
Andrei Gorbachev
Sergei Bubka
Which was not a cause of the Berlin crisis of 1958?
West Germany joining NATO
Challenge to Soviet communist leadership from Mao and China
Western investment in West Berlin
Eastern Europe had access to lots of consumer goods
Which did not happen as a result of the Berlin wall going up?
Kennedy's 'Ich bin ein Berliner' speech
The West could use Berlin for propaganda purposes for the rest of the Cold War
East Germany's economy improved
The Americans in West Berlin tried to knock down the wall
Which was not a reason why Khrushchev was interested in protecting Cuba
assist a left-wing state
for Soviet military presence in the Americas
Ideal place to keep nuclear weapons
To get regular supplies of cigars and rum
Which is not evidence that the US bullied the USSR during the Cuban crisis
The USA used its superior power to pressure the Soviets
The blockade was seen as an offensive use of power
The USSR was forced to respond rather than deterred from taking action
Khruschev had secured Cuba's survival as a communist state
