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The Global Cold War, 1955-1963

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What year did Stalin die?

a)

1953

b)

1955

c)

1952

d)

1956

2.

What infamous speech did Khruschev give in 1956?

a)

The Stalin speech

b)

The Secret speech

c)

The Communist speech

d)

The De-stalinisation speech

3.

Which was not a key element of peaceful co-existence

a)

Limiting interference in the sovereignty of other states

b)

Willingness to reduce the size of the Soviet military

c)

Eliminate threat of war through diplomacy

d)

Encourage aggressive revolutions against the capitalist world

4.

What proposal did Eisenhower make at the Geneva Summit in Sep 1955?

a)

Open skies

b)

Sharing of nuclear plans

c)

Soviet Union to join NATO

d)

Independence for Poland and Hungary

5.

Which satellite state saw an unrest from June - October 1956?

a)

Poland

b)

Hungary

c)

Albania

d)

Bulgaria

6.

Who became Prime Minister of Hungary in October 1956?

a)

Imre Nagy

b)

Boris Yeltsin

c)

Janos Kadar

d)

Jurgen Klinsmann

7.

The first man in space in 1961 was ?

a)

Yuri Gagarin

b)

Buzz Aldrin

c)

Andrei Gorbachev

d)

Sergei Bubka

8.

Which was not a cause of the Berlin crisis of 1958?

a)

West Germany joining NATO

b)

Challenge to Soviet communist leadership from Mao and China

c)

Western investment in West Berlin

d)

Eastern Europe had access to lots of consumer goods

9.

Which did not happen as a result of the Berlin wall going up?

a)

Kennedy's 'Ich bin ein Berliner' speech

b)

The West could use Berlin for propaganda purposes for the rest of the Cold War

c)

East Germany's economy improved

d)

The Americans in West Berlin tried to knock down the wall

10.

Which was not a reason why Khrushchev was interested in protecting Cuba

a)

assist a left-wing state

b)

for Soviet military presence in the Americas

c)

Ideal place to keep nuclear weapons

d)

To get regular supplies of cigars and rum

11.

Which is not evidence that the US bullied the USSR during the Cuban crisis

a)

The USA used its superior power to pressure the Soviets

b)

The blockade was seen as an offensive use of power

c)

The USSR was forced to respond rather than deterred from taking action

d)

Khruschev had secured Cuba's survival as a communist state