Chapter 3.8 - The impact of the Cold War 1947-64

Question 1

Chapter 3.8- the cold war

Answer 1

chapter 3.8

Question 2

Political Impacts of the Cold War:
What was there a serious threat of during the Cold War?

Answer 2

Nuclear war

Question 3

What was there a brief period of after Stalin’s death in 1953?

Answer 3

Detente

Question 4

What did Khrushchev’s policy of de-Stalinisation lead to in 1956?

Answer 4

The Hungarian Uprising

Question 5

How many people were killed in the Hungarian Uprising?

Answer 5

3000

Question 6

What was set up in 1947 to control Communist parties in Eastern Europe?

Answer 6

COMINFORM

Question 7

What was Russia the first country to do? 3x

Answer 7

• Create ICBMs (1957)
• Put a satellite into space (1957)
• Put a man in space (1961)

Question 8

Why could the USSR not participate in another full-blown war?

Answer 8

They were not financially strong enough

Question 9

Economic Impacts of the Cold War:
What did the cost of the arms and space race lead to?

Answer 9

A lack of consumer goods in comparison with the West

Question 10

What was set up in January 1949 to coordinate the economies in Eastern Europe?

Answer 10

COMECON

Question 11

How much had East Germany paid in reparations to the USSR by 1950?

Answer 11

$3.7 billion of the $10 billion owed