International Relations: Quiz 5

Question 1

When was the chinese revilution, who was the new leader and what was his ideology?(3)

Answer 1

1949, Mao, communist

Question 2

When was the korean war and what sort of war was it for the USA? (2)

Answer 2

1950-1953, PROXY WAR

Question 3

Name the different types of nuclear weapons developed in the 1940s and 1950s by the USA and the USSR in the nuclear arms race. (3)

Answer 3

A-Bomb (atomic bomb)
H-Bomb (hydrogen bomb)
ICBM (Intercontinental ballistic missile)

Question 4

When did the berlin wall go up, where did the berlin crisis happen and what happened?(3)

Answer 4

August 1961
Checkpoint Charlie
US and USSR tanks faced off against eachother, nealy igniting WW2

Question 5

When was the cuban revolution, who was the president and who became the new leader of Cuba? (3)

Answer 5

1959, Batista, Fidel Castro

Question 6

What was the failed invasion of cuba called in 1961?

Answer 6

The bay of pigs invasion

Question 7

Descrbe the order of events of the cuban missile crisis (8)

Answer 7

• USA had missiles in turkey
• USA failed to remove Castro after the bay of pigs
• Castro looked for help from the USSR
• Krushchev sent nuclear missiles to Cuba to defend it
• Anerican U2 spy planes photo evidence of missile build up in Cuba
• USA blockades Cuba
• USSR turns around and withdraws missiles
• USA withdraws missiles from Turkey

Question 8

Give 3 reasons for the USA getting involved in the Vietnam war (3)

Answer 8

Military- industrial complex
Containment (domino theory)
Accidently slipped into it

Question 9

Give 4 reasons for the USA’s failure to win the vietnam war? (4)

Answer 9

V.C STRENGTHS
Geurilla warfare
Civilian support
Supplies
Commitment

Question 10

what was cuban revolution, when was it ?

Answer 10

1959 - President Batista was overthrown

• CASTRO takes over
• become friends with USSR, bc USA don’t like USSR