Key Dates 1945-1948

Question 1

Hitler’s Death

Answer 1

30th April leading to Germany’s surrender on 8th of May

Question 2

Germany’s Surrender (Victory in Europe Day)

Answer 2

8th of May

Question 3

Tehran Conference

Answer 3

28 November- 1st of December 1943
Conferees: Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill

Question 4

Postdam Conference

Answer 4

July 17- August 2,1945
Conferees: Joseph Stalin, Harry S. Truman, Clement Atlee

Question 5

Yalta Conference

Answer 5

February 4-11 1945
Conferees: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill

Question 6

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Death

Answer 6

12 April 1945

Question 7

Hiroshima

Answer 7

6th August 1945

Question 8

Nagasaki

Answer 8

9th of August 1945

Question 9

Capitalism

Answer 9

An economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production

Question 10

Communism

Answer 10

a theory or system of social organization in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs

Question 11

KGB

Answer 11

Russia’s spy agency

Question 12

Iron Curtain

Answer 12

Political metaphor dividing Europe into separate areas

Question 13

Space Race

Answer 13

Cold War rivalry between USSR and USA to achieve superior space flight capabality

Question 14

United Nations

Answer 14

Officially began 24th October 1954

Question 15

Veto

Answer 15

Power to unilaterally stop a substantive resolution from becoming law.

Question 16

United Nations Security Council veto power

Answer 16

Power of the 5 permanent members of the security councils (China, Russia, UK, America, France) to unilaterally stop a substantive resolution from becoming international law.

Question 17

Cause of tension 1

Answer 17

Global initiatives: US and UK developed 3 global initiatives: The UN, The International Monetary Fund, the World bank which was perceived as a method of promoting capitalism

Question 18

Cause of tension 2

Answer 18

Arguing of Poland at Yalta

Question 19

Cause of question 3

Answer 19

Arguing of Germany at Potsdam