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The Cold War 2
Russia refused any part in which American aid program?

The Cold War 2

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Behind the 'Iron Curtain', Stalin's Russia controlled Eastern Europe by various means - secret police, murders of political opponents and a one-party (Communist) state.

Here is our second History quiz on the Cold War.

1 .
Russia refused any part in which American aid program?
Kennedy Plan
Marshall Plan
Mitchell Plan
Sherriff Plan
It aimed to help European recovery after WW2
2 .
What was set up in 1949 to protect the world from Communism?
NATO
SEATO
UNICEF
WHO
3 .
What does 'NA' stand for in NATO?
Newly Authorised
Non-Aggressive
North Atlantic
Northern Association
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
4 .
The USSR set up which rival organization in 1955?
Berlin Agreement
Budapest League
Prague Council
Warsaw Pact
Made up of all the Eastern European Communist countries
5 .
NATO and the Warsaw Pact built more and better what?
Air raid shelters
Aircraft carriers
Army barracks
Nuclear weapons
This became known as the 'arms race'
6 .
For almost a year, from mid-1948, Russia blockaded which city?
Brussels
Paris
Vienna
West Berlin
Road and rail links with the west were cut
7 .
In 1952 the USA tested which bomb?
Atomic bomb
Helium bomb
Hydrogen bomb
Nitrogen bomb
A year later Russia developed its own H-bomb
8 .
The Berlin Wall was built in which year?
1959
1961
1963
1965
To stop East Germans leaving for the west - anyone trying to escape was shot
9 .
Which Soviet leader ordered the Wall to be built?
Brezhnev
Khrushchev
Kosygin
Malenkov
He took power in 1953 after Stalin's death
10 .
Who visited Berlin and vowed to protect freedom?
Charles de Gaulle
Harold Macmillan
John F. Kennedy
Spiro Agnew
He said, "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner) - it can also mean 'I am a jam donut'!!!
Author:  Jan Crompton

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