Cold War

Question 1

Hiroshima

Answer 1

6th August 1945, 70,000 immediate deaths, 200,00+ deaths from radiation and fall out

Question 2

Nagasaki

Answer 2

9th August 1945, 40,000 deaths

Question 3

When was the Yalta conference?

Answer 3

February 1945

Question 4

Who attended the Yalta conference?

Answer 4

Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin

Question 5

What was decided about Germany at the Yalta conference?

Answer 5

It wold be split into four zones, as well as Berlin. War criminals would be punished.

Question 6

When was the Potsdam conference?

Answer 6

July/August 1945

Question 7

Who was at the Potsdam conference?

Answer 7

Stalin, Attlee, Truman

Question 8

What was the outcome of the Potsdam conference?

Answer 8

Germany will still be spliot into four zones and will pay reparations but not a set amount. The USA’s possession of the atomic bomb was revealed.

Question 9

The Iron Curtain

Answer 9

A political and economic divide across Europe

Question 10

The Policy of Containment

Answer 10

American policy of stopping the spread of Communism

Question 11

The Truman Doctrine

Answer 11

The USA was not going to let any more countries turn Communist

Question 12

The Marshall Plan

Answer 12

The proposition of lending money to Europe to rebuild the economies

Question 13

Marshall Aid

Answer 13

USA gave Europe $17 billion so Europe could recover

Question 14

Berlin Blockade

Answer 14

23rd June 1948, Stalin cut all link into and out of Berlin to force the Western allies out of Berlin

Question 15

When did the Deutschemark (DM) come in?

Answer 15

20th June 1948

Question 16

Trizonia

Answer 16

The Allies combined their land to form one independent state of West Germany

Question 17

Berlin Airlift

Answer 17

The Allies flew supplies into West Berlin to deliver supplies as people were starving and freezing to death

Question 18

How much was airlifted into Berlin and in how many flights?

Answer 18

275,000 flights carrying 1.5 million tonnes of supplies

Question 19

When did Japan surrender?

Answer 19

August 14th 1945

Question 20

Capitalism

Answer 20

Several parties
Private ownership - includes newspapers and radio

Question 21

Communism

Answer 21

One party state
State ownership
Government owns newspapers and radio

Question 22

What was decided about Eastern Europe at Yalta?

Answer 22

Countries should have free elections to decide their governments

Question 23

Mao Zedong takes control of China and it turns communist

Answer 23

October 1949

Question 24

The Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutaul Assistance

Answer 24

February 1950, between China and the USSR

Question 25

What did The Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutaul Assistance mean for the USA?

Answer 25

It meant that the Policy of Containment had failed and they feared that Communism was spreading.