Unit 6

Question 1

What were Soviet Union’s main aims after winning WW2? [3]

Answer 1

1. Create a buffer zone to the west of the Soviet Union, protecting it from any attack in the future.
2. Spread communism
3. Use resources of of others to help rebuild its war-damaged country.

Question 2

What was the Iron Curtain?

Answer 2

A line dividing Europe into the Soviet-controlled east and the capitalist west.

Question 3

What were the two agreements put in place to bind all Soviet controlled Eastern States

Answer 3

1. COMECON 1949 - Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
2. The Warsaw Pact 1955 - Mutual defense treaty agreeing to support any of the other communist states if attacked.

Question 4

What were the main broad reasons rebellion in Hungary 1956? [4]

Answer 4

1. Politics
2. Repression
3. Religion
4. Economic

Question 5

How did politics affect the start of the rebellion?

Answer 5

• Elections were held after WW2 and the Smallholders Party (ordinary Hungarians) won 57% of votes.
• However, Soviet Union refused to let them lead the government and made the Hungarian Communist party to form the government, even though they only won 17% of votes.
• They ran Hungary against the people’s wishes.

Question 6

How did Repression affect the start of the rebellion?