Reasons for the Cold War

Question 1

The 3 countries who were a part of the Grand Alliance

Answer 1

Soviet Union, USA and UK

Question 2

The 3 leaders of the Grand Alliance until 1945 (full names)

Answer 2

Josef Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill

Question 3

Ideology USA and UK followed

Answer 3

Capitalism

Question 4

Ideology Soviet Union followed

Answer 4

Communism

Question 5

Nazi Germany’s ally (They were also fascist)

Answer 5

Japan

Question 6

The country Britain and France allowed Hitler to take over in 1938

Answer 6

Czechoslovakia

Question 7

The agreement between Hitler and Stalin which saw them share Poland in 1939

Answer 7

Nazi-Soviet Pact

Question 8

Second Front

Answer 8

The other centre of fighting Stalin wanted which would ease the pressure off the Soviet Union

Question 8

Major event in August 1945

Answer 8

USA dropped 2 atomic bombs on Japan

Question 9

November 1943

Answer 9

When Tehran Conference was held

Question 10

Conclusions of the Tehran Conference

Answer 10

• USA and UK would open a Second Front by launching an attack in Western Europe
• Stalin would declare war against Japan
• It was agreed that Germany had to be defeated and that Poland would receive land from Germany after they were defeated

Question 11

• Germany would be split into four zones, all being controlled by different powers
• Germany would also have to pay $20 billion in reparation, with half of that money going to the Soviet Union
• UN would be set up later in 1945
• Stalin agreed that free elections would be held in Eastern European countries to decide future governments
• Poland’s borders would return to its original position in 1921 and free elections would be held there

Answer 11

Conclusions of the Yalta Conference

Question 12

When Yalta Conference was held

Answer 12

February 1945

Question 13

Roosevelt and Churchill’s replacements in the Grand Alliance (full names)

Answer 13

Harry Truman and Clement Attlee

Question 14

• Each country controlling German zones would receive reparations from their own zones
• Berlin would be divided into four zones, all controlled by different countries

Answer 14

Conclusions of the Potsdam Conference

Question 15

July-August 1945

Answer 15

When Potsdam Conference was held

Question 16

The two Japanese regions where USA dropped atomic bombs

Answer 16

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Question 16

The two Japanese regions where USA dropped atomic bombs

Answer 16

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Question 17

Effects the atomic bombs had on the Soviet Union and USA

Answer 17

Since they both possessed atomic bombs of their own making, they were not willing to go to war as its side effects could potentially be disastrous, so both nations instead went into an arms race