TOPIC 6 - cold war rivalry

Question 1

The USA feared the ….

Answer 1

Spread of communism

Question 2

At …. it had been agreed that Germany and Berlin would be divided into ….

Answer 2

Yalta
4 zones

Question 3

At …. It was agreed that each sector would be administered …..

Answer 3

Potsdam
By one of the allies

Question 4

Potsdam = agreed that …. to receive bulk of reparations as ….

Answer 4

USSR
Russia had highest number of casualties

Question 5

Secret telegrams = both nations wanted ….

Answer 5

World domination

Question 6

USA moved away from the policy of ….. under the Truman Doctrine

Answer 6

Isolationism

Question 7

Marshall plan = ….

Answer 7

Financial aid

Question 8

Policy of ….. based on domino theory

Answer 8

Containment

Question 9

Stalin didn’t want a …… Germany on the border with the USSR

Answer 9

Democratic and reunited

Question 10

Allies declared plan to create …… with its own ….

Answer 10

West German state
New currency

Question 11

Stalin response = ….. - road, rail + canal traffic to …..

Answer 11

Blockade
Starve allies out of West Berlin

Question 12

Truman response to bloackade = ….

Answer 12

Airlift supplies

Question 13

Stalin couldn’t ….. - risk war

Answer 13

Shoot down planes

Question 14

Average of ….. tonnes of supplies each day

Answer 14

4000

Question 15

Airlift lasted …., beginning in ….

Answer 15

10 months
June 1948

Question 16

Airlift consequences = ….

Answer 16

Increased east/west rivalry

Question 17

Creation of …. And the ….. pact

Answer 17

NATO
Warsaw

Question 18

….. - the Berlin Crisis - increased …. leaving East to West - ….. a month

Answer 18

1961
Refugees
20000

Question 19

build Berlin Wall = ….’s solution

Answer 19

Khrushchev

Question 20

Checkpoint Charlie = …..

Answer 20

Tank standoff

Question 21

Brink of nuclear war = ….

Answer 21

October 1962

Question 22

Revolution in Cuba in …. - USA supported … overthrown by …

Answer 22

1959
Batista
Fidel Castro

Question 23

Castro ejected all ….. so USA refused to …..

Answer 23

US business
to buy Cuba’s biggest export, sugar

Question 24

…. Offered to by Cuban sugar

Answer 24

USSR

Question 25

JFK authorised …. Invasion - it failed + drew …. Closer to the USSR

Answer 25

The Bay of Pigs Castro

Question 26

Khrushchev worried about ….

Answer 26

US bases in Turkey and Italy

Question 27

In September, the USSR began to …. - US …..photographed sites

Answer 27

Install ballistic missiles in Cuba U-2 spy planes

Question 28

Launch sires for intermediate missiles - ….km range = major …. for USA

Answer 28

3500 security issue

Question 29

Cuban Missile Crisis lasted … days from …. To …..

Answer 29

13 16th October - 28th October

Question 30

JFK advisors = ….(agressive) and ….(peaceful) solutions

Answer 30

Hawks Doves

Question 31

JFK imposed a naval blockade to ….

Answer 31

Stop USSR missiles reaching Cuba

Question 32

Khrushchev sent 2 letters to JFK - USSR would ….. and …..

Answer 32

Force way through blockade Was prepared to use nuclear weapons in war

Question 33

JFK asked Khrushchev to ….., Khrushchev said he would if USA …. and …..

Answer 33

remove missiles from Cuba removed missiles from Turkey didn’t invade Cuba

Question 34

US spy plane …. over Cuba - deal agreed but US ….. = secret

Answer 34

Shot down Removal from Turkey

Question 35

Brinkmanship = ….

Answer 35

Pushing to the verge of war

Question 36

…. Treaty - agree to stop testing

Answer 36

Partial Test Ban

Question 37

Domino theory = if Vietnam ….. so would ….

Answer 37

Fell to communism All of SE Asia

Question 38

Vietnam = …. border with Communist China

Answer 38

Northern

Question 39

Vietnam North leader = ….. = …..

Answer 39

Ho Chi Minh Communist

Question 40

Unpopular South Vietnam leader = ….. overthrown in ….

Answer 40

Diem November 1963

Question 41

US popularity …. in Vietnam under JFK due to ….

Answer 41

Decreased Strategic hamlet policy

Question 42

Gulf of Tonkin = attack on …. = excuse for ….

Answer 42

US destroyer Maddox Military involvement

Question 43

Operation …. + use of ….. + ….. used to destroy supply routes and jungle

Answer 43

Rolling Thunder Agent Orange Napalm

Question 44

Vietcong = …

Answer 44

Supporters of north in south

Question 45

Search + destroy = …. - set fire to …. believed to be supporting ….

Answer 45

Zippo Raids thatched houses + villages Vietcong

Question 46

High civilian …. + media …. of atrocities like ….

Answer 46

Casualties Coverage My Lai Massacre

Question 47

In jungle, …. very effective but …. ineffective

Answer 47

Guerrilla tactics US conventional high tech methods

Question 48

US troops …. + didn’t understand ….

Answer 48

Inexperienced why they were fighting

Question 49

High levels of opposition due to ……

Answer 49

Casualties, media + failure to win

Question 50

Nixon promised to ….

Answer 50

Withdraw from Vietnam

Question 51

Turning point in 1972 when …..

Answer 51

Nixon visits China

Question 52

…. = peace treaty Vietnam united as …. …. also fall

Answer 52

January 1973 communist Laos, Cambodia