Stalin's Death and Peaceful Coexistence Flashcards
1
Q
Heartland Theory
A
Whoever controls the “Pivot Area” (Eurasia) controls the whole world; whoever controls Eastern Europe controls the “Heartland”
2
Q
Eisenhower Comes to Power
A
20 Jan 1953
3
Q
Stalin Dies
A
5 March 1953
4
Q
Malenkov
A
No dispute or unresolved question cannot be solved by mutual agreement
5
Q
Virgins Land Scheme
A
1954
6
Q
VLS Crop Yield Increase
A
75%
7
Q
Khrushchev Decentralisation
A
11,000 Factories to Regional Gov
8
Q
Secret Speech
A
25 Feb 1956
9
Q
Austrian State Treaty
A
May 1955
10
Q
Geneva Summit
A
July 1955
11
Q
Open Skies Proposal
A
Mutual Surveillance of Airspace
12
Q
MacMillan visits Moscow
A
Feb 1959
13
Q
Khrushchev visits Washington
A
Sept 1959
14
Q
Paris Summit
A
May 1960
15
Q
U-2 Spy Plane Incident
A
1 May 1960
