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Question 1

Consequences of Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

Answer 1

-End of Détente
-Olympic Boycotts
-SALT II not ratified

Question 2

Two consequences of the Potsdam Conference

Answer 2

-Germany and/or Berlin divided
-Relationship between US/Soviets declined after Truman and Stalin disagreed

Question 3

Prague Spring

Answer 3

-Dissatisfaction with rule of Novotny and Soviet Control
-Dubcek replaced him – reforms ‘Socialism with a human face’
-Reaction of Brezhnev and Soviet invasion

Question 4

Importance of the Marshall Plan (1947) for the development of the Cold War

Answer 4

-Helped West Europe recover
-Increased division between East and West
-Worsened relations between USSR and USA

Question 5

Importance of the Cuban Missiles Crisis (1962) for relations between the USA and the Soviet
Union

Answer 5

-Showed how close the world was to nuclear war
-Eventually solved peacefully and convinced the superpowers to co-operate more (Hotline/Test Ban Treaty), eventually leading to detente

Question 6

Importance of the Helsinki Agreements (1975) for superpower relations

Answer 6

-High point of détente
-Agreements on borders (East and West Germany)
-Trade and human rights.
-A sign of improved relationships

Question 7

One key feature of Drake’s raid on Cadiz (1587)

Answer 7

-30 ships destroyed
-Armada delayed by a year, known as ‘singeing of the King of Spain’s beard’

Question 8

One key features of the Elizabethan governmen

Answer 8

-Privy council 19 close advisers
-Role of Parliament
-Justices of the Peace

Question 9

Why there was an increase in poverty in early Elizabethan Englan

Answer 9

-Inflation - Bad harvests combined with population growth lead to prices rising.
-Wool became very profitable. Meant that less land was used for crops and less people were needed to farm
-Other factors – international problems effected trade, enclosure