Cold War booklet 1: causes of Cold War

Question 1

Name the leader of the USSR

Answer 1

Stalin

Question 2

Name the conference held in February 1945

Answer 2

Yalta

Question 3

Who represented the USA at Yalta?

Answer 3

Roosevelt

Question 4

Who represented Britain at Yalta?

Answer 4

Churchill

Question 5

Name the conference held in July 1945

Answer 5

Potsdam

Question 6

Who represented the USA at Potsdam?

Answer 6

Truman

Question 7

Why was Roosevelt not at the Potsdam Conference?

Answer 7

Died

Question 8

Who represented Britain at Potsdam

Answer 8

Attlee

Question 9

Why did Churchill have to leave the Potsdam Conference early?

Answer 9

Lost the election

Question 10

What was agreed about Germany at Yalta?

Answer 10

It would be divided into four zones

Question 11

What did the Allies agree to allow the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe?

Answer 11

A sphere of influence

Question 12

What did the USSR promise to allow to happen in countries they controlled?

Answer 12

Free elections

Question 13

Give an example of a country which Stalin took over by using his army

Answer 13

Baltic States, Czechslovakia

Question 14

Give an example of a country which Stalin took over by rigging elections

Answer 14

Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary

Question 15

Give an example of a country which Stalin took over by appointing a communist leader

Answer 15

Romania

Question 16

What was the name of the communist leader in Yugoslavia?

Answer 16

Tito

Question 17

Why was Yugoslavia different to the other Communist dominated countries?

Answer 17

It was not led by the USSR

Question 18

What did Churchill say had descended across Europe?

Answer 18

Iron Curtain

Question 19

Churchill named two places the Iron Curtain stretched between. Name the northern city.

Answer 19

Stettin

Question 20

Churchill named two places the Iron Curtain stretched between. Name the southern city.

Answer 20

Trieste

Question 21

How can you describe Hitler as the reason the Allies came together in WW2?

Answer 21

Common danger

Question 22

Which two countries emerged from WW2 as superpowers?

Answer 22

America and the USSR

Question 23

What policy had the USA followed in the 1920s?

Answer 23

Isolationism

Question 24

Why did the USA feel it was to blame for WW2?

Answer 24

Not stopping Hitler

Question 25

The USA decided every Communist action would be met by?

Answer 25

An American reaction

Question 26

How did the USA help Greece fight off Communism?

Answer 26

Paid for British soldiers to remain

Question 27

When was the Truman Doctrine announced?

Answer 27

March 1947

Question 28

What would be sent to countries threatened by Communism?

Answer 28

Money, equipment and advice

Question 29

What did President Truman accept in the Truman Doctrine?

Answer 29

That Eastern Europe was communist

Question 30

What was the name of Truman’s policy of stopping Communism spreading?

Answer 30

Containment

Question 31

What did some people believe Truman should threaten the USSR with?

Answer 31

Military force

Question 32

Countries who fell to Communism were likely to be suffering from what?

Answer 32

Poverty and hunger

Question 33

What was the name of the general Truman sent to Europe to assess its economic state?

Answer 33

George Marshall

Question 34

How much money did Europe already owe the US?

Answer 34

$11.5 billion

Question 35

What was turned off in Britain in 1947 due to shortages?

Answer 35

Electricity

Question 36

What had Britain run out of in 1947?

Answer 36

Coal

Question 37

How much money did the USA put aside to help countries fight Communism?

Answer 37

$17 billion

Question 38

How much did Britain borrow from the Marshall Plan?

Answer 38

$2.7 billion

Question 39

How much did France borrow from the Marshall Plan?

Answer 39

$2.4 billion

Question 40

How much did West Germany borrow from the Marshall Plan?

Answer 40

$1.3 billion

Question 41

What group did Stalin create in 1947 to try and strengthen ties between Communist countries?

Answer 41

Communist Information Bureau (COMINFORM)

Question 42

In 1949 what was the name of Stalin's council created to lend money to Communist countries?

Answer 42

Council for Mutual Economic Aid (COMECON)