International Relations - Quiz 4

Question 1

Who were the big three at the Yalta Conference?

Answer 1

Stalin (USSR), Roosevelt (USA) , Churchill (UK)

Question 2

who were the big three at the Potsdam Conference?

Answer 2

Stalin (USSR) , Truman (USA) , Atlee (UK)

Question 3

What was Churchill’s iron curtain speech?

Answer 3

• given in USA in 1946
• claimed there was a divide in Europe with communism on the east and capitalism on the west , seen as a declaration of war by some communists

Question 4

Name some of the countries that were liberated by the USSR and then became members of the Warsaw Pact. (8) CHEP BYRA

Answer 4

East Germany
Poland
Czech
Hungary
Romania
Yugoslavia 
Bulgaria
Albania

Question 5

What was the Truman Doctrine?

Answer 5

1947 -an announcement by president Truman to offer support to any country threatened by communism

Question 6

how much money did the USA offer in Marshall Aid and when was it given? (2)

Answer 6

$17 billion

given in 1948

Question 7

when did the Berlin blockade and airlift start and finish?

Answer 7

June 1948 - May 1949

Question 8

What does NATO stand for and can you name 6 members from its creation in 1949?

Answer 8

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

USA, UK , FRANCE , ITALY , PORTUGAL , BELGIUM

Question 9

What year was west Germany allowed to join NATO?

Answer 9

1955