2R.1.1 To the brink of nuclear war, c1945–1963 Quiz: AQA History, Unit 28

The 20 questions

1. Which conference in February 1945 saw Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill discuss the future of post-war Europe?

   • Versailles
   • Yalta
   • Geneva
   • Potsdam

2. Which diplomat's 1946 'Long Telegram' argued that the USSR was an expansionist power that should be contained?

   • Harry Hopkins
   • Averell Harriman
   • George Kennan
   • Dean Acheson

3. In which 1946 Missouri speech did Winston Churchill popularise the phrase 'Iron Curtain'?

   • Potsdam speech
   • Fulton speech
   • Zurich speech
   • Harvard speech

4. Which 1947 policy of Truman committed the USA to support 'free peoples' facing communist pressure in Greece and Turkey?

   • The Truman Doctrine
   • The Marshall Plan
   • The Monroe Doctrine
   • NSC-68

5. Which 1948–1949 Soviet crisis cut off land access to West Berlin, leading to a Western airlift?

   • Berlin Wall crisis
   • Czechoslovak coup
   • Berlin Blockade
   • Greek Civil War

6. Which military alliance was founded in 1949 to protect Western Europe against Soviet aggression?

   • NATO
   • SEATO
   • The Warsaw Pact
   • The Hanseatic League

7. Which Soviet-led military alliance was formed in 1955 as a reaction to NATO?

   • Cominform
   • Comecon
   • Molotov Plan
   • Warsaw Pact

8. Which 1950–1953 Cold War conflict ended with an armistice leaving the peninsula divided at the 38th parallel?

   • Malayan Emergency
   • Korean War
   • Vietnam War
   • Chinese Civil War

9. Which policy of John Foster Dulles in the 1950s involved threatening war to deter communist expansion?

   • Peaceful coexistence
   • Ostpolitik
   • Brinkmanship
   • Détente

10. Which 1950s theory suggested that one country falling to communism would cause neighbours to fall?

    • Containment theory
    • Domino theory
    • Rollback theory
    • Truman Doctrine

11. Which 1954 conference agreed to temporarily divide Vietnam at the 17th parallel?

    • Bandung Conference
    • Geneva Conference
    • Paris Conference
    • Vienna Summit

12. Which 1956 anti-Soviet uprising was crushed by Warsaw Pact tanks?

    • Prague Spring
    • Poznań protests
    • Hungarian Revolution
    • Berlin Uprising

13. Which 1957 event gave the Soviet Union an early lead in the Space Race?

    • Vostok 1 mission
    • Explorer 1 launch
    • Launch of Sputnik
    • First human spacewalk

14. Which 1960 summit meeting collapsed after the USSR shot down an American spy plane?

    • Paris Summit
    • Moscow Summit
    • Geneva Summit
    • Vienna Summit

15. What main factor prompted the construction of the Berlin Wall in August 1961?

    • West Berlin espionage
    • East German emigration
    • Allied trade blockade
    • NATO invasion threat

16. Which communist organisation was founded in 1960 to fight the South Vietnamese government?

    • Viet Minh
    • Pathet Lao
    • National Liberation Front
    • Khmer Rouge

17. Who was the South Vietnamese president assassinated during a military coup in November 1963?

    • Bao Dai
    • Ngo Dinh Diem
    • Le Duan
    • Nguyen Van Thieu

18. Which 1962 confrontation brought the USA and USSR closest to direct nuclear war?

    • Suez Crisis
    • Berlin Crisis
    • Cuban Missile Crisis
    • Formosa Crisis

19. Which 1963 treaty banned nuclear testing in the atmosphere and underwater?

    • Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
    • Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
    • Partial Test Ban Treaty

20. What main factor drove the emergence of the Cold War between 1945 and 1949?

    • Ideological hostility
    • Colonial rivalries
    • Trade disputes
    • Territorial claims

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