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Cold War 1943-49

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 4mins

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Class
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1.

Which of these was earliest of the war-time conferences?

a)

Yalta

b)

Potsdam

c)

Tehran

2.

Which of these was the last?

a)

Yalta

b)

Cairo

c)

Potsdam

3.

Just before the Tehran Conference, where did the Nazis announce the finding of mass graves of +20,000 Polish officers?

(a)  

4.

What did Churchill cheekily call his informal document signed with Stalin in October 1944?

(a)  

5.

At the end of the Yalta Conference, the Big Three signed the 'Declaration on (a)   Europe'.

6.

Stalin's response the the DLE was that it was as practical as 'algebra' but that he preferred what?

a)

Pythagoras

b)

trigonometry

c)

arithmetic

7.

In the United Nations, how many countries were given the power of veto?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

8.

Which leader was the only one to attend all three war-time conferences?

a)

Truman

b)

Churchill

c)

Stalin

d)

Roosevelt

9.

Which of these is not true of the Potsdam Conference?

a)

Truman threatened Stalin with the atomic bomb.

b)

Truman wasn't sure if Stalin understood his 'powerful weapon' announcement.

c)

The conference was delayed by Truman to allow time for the bomb to be tested.

d)

The atomic bomb was dropped 4 days after the conference ended.

10.

The Long Telegram and Churchill's Iron Curtain speech both happened in which year?

a)

1945

b)

1946

c)

1947

d)

1948

11.

A civil war in which country was the initial trigger for the Truman Doctrine speech?

(a)  

12.

Stalin's response to the Marshall Plan was to accuse the USA of dividing Europe into 'two (a)   '

13.

The future of Germany was supposed to be mutually agreed by members of the ACC but what did it stand for?

a)

Assistance Charter Committee

b)

Allied Coalition Committee

c)

Allied Control Council

d)

Associated Civilian Corps

14.

The Berlin Airlift was officially called 'Operation (a)   '.

15.

When was NATO formed?

a)

1946

b)

1947

c)

1948

d)

1949