Cold War mini-revision

On scale of 1-5, rate how much you think you understand the Cold War. (1 = don't understand at all; 5 = understand clearly)

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Which of the following events led to the beginning of the Cold War?

• Chinese Civil War

• Greek Civil War

• Iron Curtain Speech

• Berlin Crisis

After the Second World War, it was decided that both Germany and Berlin would be divided into four occupation zones in the ________ Conference.

• Atlantic

• Cairo

• Yalta

• Potsdam

Which of the following events did NOT happen in the period 1945-1953?

• Berlin Crisis

• Korean War

• Construction of Berlin Wall

• Marshall Plan

Which of the following was NOT a communist country in 1960?

• China

• USSR

• Poland

• Vietnam

Which of the following is FALSE about the Vietnam War?

• Vietnam turned capitalist after the war

• Vietnam turned communist after the war

• It was the first televisionized war in the US

• It led to the rise of anti-war sentiments in the US

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Détente?

• Anti-war sentiments in the US

• Heavy economic burden of arms race

• Fear of a nuclear war

• The establishment of direct hotlines between the US and the USSR

Who was the leader of the USSR during the Détente?

• Stalin

• Khrushchev

• Brezhnev

• Gorbachev

Why did the Détente end?

• The invasion of Afghanistan by the US

• The invasion of Afghanistan by the USSR

• Ethiopia became a communist nation with the support of the USSR

• Yom Kippur War