Global war

Question 1

name the new Soviet leader in 1954

Answer 1

Nikita Khrushchev

Question 2

what year was the Secret Speech given?

Answer 2

1956

Question 3

name the newly elected member of the Polish Communist Party in October 1956?

Answer 3

Władysław Gomułka

Question 4

name the new leader of Hungary in October 1956?

Answer 4

Imre Nagy

Question 5

what year was the Austrian State Treaty signed?

Answer 5

1955

Question 6

give two examples of agreements reached

Answer 6

granted Austria independence and arranged for the withdrawal of all occupation forces

Question 7

what were the two main subjects for discussion at the Geneva Summit?

Answer 7

Open Skies Policy and Germany

Question 8

what year did Camp David talks take place?

Answer 8

1959

Question 9

name the US and Soviet leaders present at Camp David

Answer 9

Eisenhower and Khrushchev

Question 10

why did the Paris Summit collapse?

Answer 10

U2 spy plane incident

Question 11

what year was Kennedy elected?

Answer 11

1961

Question 12

where and when did Kennedy and Krushchev meet for the first time?

Answer 12

Vienna 1961

Question 13

what does SAC stand for and who led this organisation?

Answer 13

Strategic Air Command, General Curtis LeMay

Question 14

name the report commissioned by Eisenhower in 1957 and what new concept did this report present?

Answer 14

Gaither Report, missile gap

Question 15

what was the first USSR satellite launched in 1957 called?

Answer 15

Sputnik

Question 16

what was the name of the first man into space and was he from the USSR or the USA?

Answer 16

Yuri Gagarin, USSR

Question 17

in what year did Eisenhower establish NASA?

Answer 17

1958

Question 18

what was the Hallstein Doctrine?

Answer 18

announced that the FRG would regard the recognition of the GDR by any state other than the USSR as an unfriendly act and would therefore end diplomatic relations with such states, as it implied the acceptance of the division of Germany

Question 19

what date did Khrushchev issue his six month Berlin ultimatum?

Answer 19

November 1958

Question 20

how many people migrated from the GDR to the west in the first half of 1961?

Answer 20

10,000