Arms race n°2

Question 1

A powerful and destructive bomb that gets its power from the energy released when atoms are split.

Answer 1

atomic bomb

Question 2

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - collection of states, also known as the Soviet Union.

Answer 2

USSR

Question 3

Countries who have huge influence or strength, giving them significant global power.

Answer 3

superpowers

Question 4

The Cold War theory that nations having nuclear weapons acts as a military strategy as the threat of them makes enemies less likely to attack and more likely to negotiate.

Answer 4

nuclear deterrence

Question 5

Situation that developed due to the nuclear arms race where both America and Russia knew if they started a war it would destroy the world.

Answer 5

Mutually Assured Destruction

Question 6

The relationship between a nation’s military and the powerful defence industry that supports it, which can be seen to influence wider government military policy.

Answer 6

Military-Industrial Complex

Question 7

A person who is not on active duty with a military, naval, police, or fire fighting organisation.

Answer 7

civilian

Question 8

USA drops atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Answer 8

1945

Question 9

The USSR’s first successful atomic bomb test ends American nuclear monopoly

Answer 9

1949

Question 10

The UK carries out nuclear tests in Western Australia

Answer 10

1950

Question 11

The USA successfully tests the first Hydrogen bomb, 2500 times more powerful than the atomic bomb

Answer 11

1952