The cold war era

Question 1

On__ USSR were worried that USA would invade communist ruled ____, ruled by_____

Answer 1

April 1961, Cuba, Fidel Castro

Question 2

Who was the leader of the soviet union during the cuban missile crisis ?

Answer 2

Nikita Khrushchev

Question 3

Nikita Khrushchev placed missiles in Cuba in ____

Answer 3

1962

Question 4

______ weeks after the USSR placed missiles in Cuba, the Americans became aware of it.

Answer 4

Three

Question 5

______ was the president during the Cuban missile crisis.

Answer 5

John F. Kennedy

Question 6

What steps did JFK take ?

Answer 6

intercept the soviet warships heading to Cuba, however both sides decided to retreat to avoid a full scale war

Question 7

______ was the high point of the cold war.

Answer 7

Cuban missile crisis

Question 8

The cold war refers to the _____,_____ and ____ between US and USSR

Answer 8

tensions, competition and series of confrontations

Question 9

A hot war is _____

Answer 9

Full scale war

Question 10

There were no wars in allied regions of the superpowers during the cold war. True or False

Answer 10

False. Small wars broke out in allied regions during the cold war

Question 11

The cold war was only a matter of balance of power, military and rivalry. True or False.

Answer 11

False. It was all the above and also the ideological conflict as well as deciding the best economic, political and social system.

Question 12

USA represented ____ ideologies and USSR represented ____ ideologies.

Answer 12

Liberal, democratic and capitalist

Communist and socialist

Question 13

The allied forced were _____ and the axis forces were _____

Answer 13

ALLIED- BFRA

AXIS- JIG

Question 14

The second world war occurred in ____ and was won by ____.

Answer 14

1939-1945 and was won by the allied forces

Question 15

The first world war was in _____

Answer 15

1914-1918

Question 16

What moment signifies the end of the cold war ?

Answer 16

In august 1945, USA dropped atomic bombs in hiroshima and nagasaki.

Question 17

What are the two critics views on the bombing of japan ?

Answer 17

1) The bombing was not necessary but USA wanted to assert dominance and stop USSR from making political gains in Asia and show Moscow who was in power
2) It was necessary to end the war quickly

Question 18

What is the logic of deterrence ?

Answer 18

When two countries have the capacity to retaliate and cause destruction but neither can afford to deal with the consequences of the war. Deterrence prevents war but not rivalry

Question 19

Two main features of the cold war ?

Answer 19

1) allies of the superpowers had to be rational and responsible actors and understand the risk of initiating war
2) they had to restrain themselves and avoid another world war