Cold War 1

Question 0

Potsdam conference

Answer 0

August 1945
Stalin Truman and Attlee attended
Germany and Britain were split between the allies
New boundaries of Poland were agreed

Question 1

Yalta conference

Answer 1

February 1945
Stalin Churchill and Roosevelt attended
Decided to split Germany into four zones
The Un replace the failing league of nations
USSR would help to defeat Japan

Question 2

Causes of the Berlin blockade

Answer 2

1948/49
France Britain and USA joined zones creating Trizonia 
One government and changed the currency
Stalin was very angry
Block all contact with outside world

Question 3

INF Treaty

Answer 3

December 1987
Signed in Washington, D.C.
Eliminated nuclear weapons between 500-5500km
Reagan and Gorbachev formed a relationship to help end the Cold War

Question 4

SDI

Answer 4

1983
Created by president Reagan as he wanted to win the arms race
Satellites in space
Nuclear umbrella

Question 5

Reason for the Los Angeles Olympic boycott

Answer 5

1984

USA boycotted the Moscow Olympics in 1980

Question 6

Berlin Wall

Answer 6

1961 
Doctors,Teachers and scientists left East Germany to go to the West
Better pay and working conditions 
Built overnight 
Barbed wire to Brick wall

Question 7

Relationship between USA and USSR

Answer 7

1972-75
SALT 1 signed in 1972
Helsinki conference signed in 1975

Question 8

Détente

Answer 8

USSR could not afford to build up the nuclear arsenal
1972 2 superpowers agreed to limit weapons
US,USSR and other powers signed Helsinki in 1975
Promises were not always kept by communist countries

Question 9

Hungarian uprising

Answer 9

1956
Stalin died in 1953 and Khrushchev took over
Communism forced on Hungarian people
Secret police imprisoned/killed people who were against communism
Hungarian people went Hungary
People went on riots to get own power

Question 10

Relationship between Reagan and Gorbachev

Answer 10

1985-88
Helped to end the Cold War
Reagan was anti communist and called the USSR the ‘evil empire’
Hotline in the white house

Question 11

Cuban missile crisis

Answer 11

1957 first ICBM was fired
Possible to fire ICBM from the USSR on to USA
Castro put nuclear bases in Cuba which Kennedy found out with U2 planes flew over Cuba
90 miles away from Florida
1961 Kennedy sent troops into Cuba landing in the bay of pigs but it did not work as the US did not give the air support
Naval blockade

Question 12

What does ICBM stand for

Answer 12

Inter continental ballistic missile

Question 13

What does SDI stand for

Answer 13

Strategic defence initiative

Question 14

What does INF stand for

Answer 14

Intermediate nuclear forces

Question 15

What is de-stalinisation

Answer 15

Ending the ways that Stalin ruled

Question 16

Prague springs

Answer 16

Dubeck became the leader of Czechoslovakia in 1968
Lost control for 4 months
21st August 1968 500,000 soviet troops invaded Czechoslovakia
Dubeck was removed as leader

Question 17

What does SALT stand for

Answer 17

Strategic arms limitations treaty

Question 18

Key features of the Berlin blockade

Answer 18

Lasted for 11 months from 1948/49
Stalin set up a military blockade around west German I’m June 1948
The was made to make sure that a new government would not control territory in west Germany

Question 19

Bay of pigs incident

Answer 19

1961
A result of the USA supporting a group of Cubans who wanted to take Cuba back from Castro
The group were crushed by Castros forces
Caused Castro to think about putting a missile base in Cuba to deter the USA from invading

Question 20

Grand alliance

Answer 20

Between the USA ,USSR and U.K

Up in 1941 the USA and USSR worked together

Question 21

Perestroika

Answer 21

Economic reforms designed to make the soviet economy more efficient

Question 22

Gang of 8

Answer 22

A group of 8 senior communist officials who tried to take power from Gorbachev in August 1991

Question 23

Glasnost

Answer 23

Censorship of the press was to be relaxed

Question 24

Berlin airlift

Answer 24

A way in which the allies kept all supplies in west Germany
Cost over $100 million
A plane landed every 30 seconds
Lasted 11 months
Supplied 600-700 tones of food and other supplies everyday
Stopped the blockade from succeeding

Question 25

Nuclear non-proliferation treaty

Answer 25

1968

USA and USSR agreed that they would not supply any other country with nuclear weapons

Question 26

Helsinki agreement

Answer 26

1975

35 countries including USA and USSR agreed to cooperate with others and to respect human rights

Question 27

Capitalism

Answer 27

Properly owned by individual
Freedom of speech and religion
Democratic elections

Question 28

Arms race

Answer 28

This was a race between the USA and USSR after ww2 to build bigger and better weapons than each other
They both built ICBMs in 1960s

Question 29

Outer space treaty

Answer 29

1967
USA and USSR agreed that no nuclear weapons would be used in space
This stopped the arms race from entering space