Cold War Quiz

Dafydd Humphreys

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  1. Who made the decision to drop the atom bombs on Japan?
  2. Your answer:
    Harry S Truman
    J Edgar Hoover
    Franklin D Roosevelt
    Dwight D Eisenhower


  3. Who coined the phrase "Iron Curtain"?
  4. Your answer:
    Josef Stalin
    Winston Churchill
    Harry S Truman
    Clement Attlee


    Who is this?

  5. What is this man's name?
  6. Your answer:
    Imre Nagy
    Che Guevara
    Nikita Khrushchev
    Fidel Castro


  7. Stalin blockaded Berlin in 1948 because...
  8. Your answer:
    American nuclear bombers were based there.
    East German people were emigrating to the West.
    The Berlin Wall was being built
    The western occupation zones were united as West Germany


  9. The Americans persuaded Western Europe to be capitalist by....
  10. Your answer:
    Giving cheap holidays to Disneyland.
    Opening up McDonalds 'restaurants'.
    Creating rock n roll music.
    Giving money via the Marshall Aid plan.


  11. Cuba wanted Soviet missiles in 1962 because....
  12. Your answer:
    She felt threatened by the USA after the Bay of Pigs invasion.
    Fidel Castro wanted to destroy America.
    Che Guevara planned to invade Mexico.
    She wanted to rule the Caribbean Sea.


    Who was this?

  13. Who is this 'Cold Warrior'?
  14. Your answer:
    Henry Kissinger
    Richard Nixon
    Leonid Brezhnev
    Dean Acheson


  15. What does ICBM stand for?
  16. Your answer:
    Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
    Inter Continental Bolshevik Menace
    International Communist Blockade Machine
    Increasing Cold-war By Military


  17. What was 'Detente'?
  18. Your answer:
    Relaxation of tension between East and West.
    A large tepee in Camp David where talks were held.
    The name of the first US hydrogen bomb.
    The alliance between USA and China.


  19. How much did the US spend on the military in 1986?
  20. Your answer:
    $3.67
    $367 billion
    $367 million
    $367 trillion


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