Lesson 3
3 The Cold War intensifies Quiz: Pearson Edexcel History, Unit 12
20 questions
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The 20 questions
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Which alliance is named in the spec as formed as part of the Cold War intensifying?
- The Warsaw Pact
- Comecon
- The Marshall Plan
- NATO
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Which major uprising occurred in Eastern Europe in 1956?
- Warsaw Rising
- Prague Spring
- Berlin Airlift
- Hungarian Uprising
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Which Soviet leader's response to the Hungarian Uprising is named in the spec?
- Brezhnev
- Gorbachev
- Stalin
- Khrushchev
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What escalating military competition intensified the Cold War in this period?
- Space exploration
- The arms race
- Naval blockade
- Colonial scramble
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What global condemnation followed the 1956 Soviet invasion of Hungary?
- Immediate UN disarmament
- International reaction
- Joint military invasion
- Economic blockade
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Why was the Warsaw Pact formed beyond just the Berlin Crisis?
- Exclusively trade deals
- Multiple causes
- Purely economic unity
- Solely US aggression
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How did the Soviet Union respond to the Hungarian Uprising?
- Peaceful withdrawal
- Economic aid
- Military invasion
- Diplomatic alliance
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Which military alliance was formed in 1955 as a counterweight to NATO?
- Warsaw Pact
- Marshall Plan
- Cominform
- Iron Curtain
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Which key topic and date range covers the origins of the Cold War?
- Key topic 2, 1958 to 1970
- Key topic 4, 1945 to 1960
- Key topic 1, 1941 to 1958
- Key topic 3, 1970 to 1991
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What type of organisation was the Warsaw Pact?
- Trading bloc
- Cultural exchange
- Peace treaty
- Military alliance
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Which military intervention did the USSR launch in Eastern Europe in 1956?
- Invasion of Hungary
- Blockade of Berlin
- Invasion of Poland
- Occupation of Czechoslovakia
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What 1956 event saw Hungarians revolt against Soviet domination?
- Velvet Revolution
- Poznan protests
- Hungarian Uprising
- Berlin riots
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What did the arms race and the Hungarian Uprising both represent?
- Global disarmament
- Intensifying Cold War
- Détente policies
- Peaceful coexistence
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What condemnation greeted Soviet actions in Hungary in 1956?
- Universal praise
- Total silence
- Global criticism
- Economic reward
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Which major Eastern Bloc crisis occurred in 1956?
- Cuban Missile Crisis
- Suez Crisis
- Hungarian Uprising
- Korean War
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Which major 1956 uprising in Eastern Europe is studied alongside the nuclear arms race?
- Warsaw Rising
- Prague Spring
- Berlin Uprising
- Hungarian Uprising
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What military competition between the USA and USSR escalated rapidly during the 1950s?
- Proxy war
- Space race
- Arms race
- Naval race
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Which year is linked with the 1956 events in the spec?
- 1962
- 1947
- 1956
- 1968
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Which response to Hungarian events is named in the spec?
- Reagan's SDI
- Carter's Doctrine
- Khrushchev's response
- Brezhnev's Doctrine
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Which Soviet-led military alliance was established in 1955 in response to West Germany joining NATO?
- Comintern
- Warsaw Pact
- SEATO
- Comecon
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