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WorksheetsThe Cold War Begins
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 6mins
Which country refused to recognize the communist government of Russia until 1933?
France
Britain
USA
Denmark
Identify two things agreed at Yalta in Feb. 1945
The UN was to be established
Germany would pay reparations
Poland would be jointly ruled by the USSR & USA
Czechoslovakia was split into four zones
Who sought a buffer zone between Western Europe & the USSR?
Truman
Churchill
De Gaulle
Stalin
The "Big Three" met at Potsdam in Aug. 1945 & redrew the borders of (a)
Which country does not quite fit with the rest in this list?
Poland
Hungary
Austria
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Which statement did Churchill include as a warning in a speech at Fulton, Missouri in March 1946?
"The British Empire has ceased to properly exist."
A bamboo curtain has descended across East Asia & countries on the wrong side are dominated by China
An Iron Curtain has descended across Europe & countries on the wrong side are dominated by the USSR
An Iron Curtain has descended across the Atlantic cutting Europe off from America
Identify which country represented the first successful example of containment in action
Yugoslavia
Greece
Poland
West Germany
Check two countries which received Marshall Aid
Britain
Poland
France
Hungary
Identify the definition of the Truman Doctrine
It would now be the USA's policy to find communists & jail them
It would now be the USA's policy to roll back communism by military means to the USSR
It would now be the USA's policy to use economic & military means to stop countries falling to communism
It would now be the USA's policy to use atomic power to prevent communism from advancing further
Check two aims of the Marshall Plan
To contain the spread of communism
To overthrow Stalin
To ensure the continuation of trade between Europe & the USA
To support communist parties in Western Europe
A key part of the Truman Doctrine which aims to prevent the spread of communism is called (a)
What did the Cold War not involve?
Space Race
Arms Race
Espionage
World War
Propaganda
Why was Berlin a flashpoint during the Cold War?
It was 100 miles inside the Western zone of Germany
It was split into five zones
It straddled West & East Germany
It was 100 miles inside the Eastern zone of Germany
Which American President attended the Yalta Conference of Feb 1945?
Truman
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Kennedy
Who was most to blame for starting the Cold War?
Truman
Churchill
Stalin
Hitler
