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Cold War

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What year did the Yalta conference take place?

a)

1945

b)

1946

c)

1944

d)

1947

2.

When was the Truman Doctrine announced?

a)

March 1947

b)

June 1947

c)

September 1947

d)

July 1946

3.

What is the correct definition for Sovietization?

a)

Ensuring the world is communist by force

b)

Soviet expansion into Eastern Europe by installing pro-Soviet governments.

4.

How much money did the USA give to Turkey and Greece to stop communism spreading?

a)

$100 million

b)

$40 million

c)

$400 million

d)

$70

5.

What was the name of the American spy plane that spotted Soviet missiles being built on Cuba?

a)

JFK plane

b)

American spy plane

c)

U2

d)

U6

6.

What is the correct definition for détente?

a)

A series of arguments between the superpowers

b)

A series of agreements made between the superpowers

c)

A period of increased tensions between the two superpowers

d)

A period of relaxed tensions between the two superpowers

7.

In what year did Ronald Reagan make his 'evil empire' speech?

a)

1964

b)

1973

c)

1982

d)

1983

8.

What was the Brezhnev Doctrine? Pick the correct definition

a)

To ensure that Brezhnev stayed as leader of the Soviet Union

b)

Soviet foreign policy: Any threat to a soviet state was a threat to the whole of the Soviet Union.

9.

What are the correct definitions for Glasnost and Perestrokia?

a)

Openness and restructuring

b)

New state and new policy

c)

New rights and era of cooperation

10.

When did the Berlin wall fall?

a)

October 1989

b)

November 1989

c)

November 1988

d)

October 1991