Cold War: 1958-1961 - U2 Flights And The Berlin Wall!

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What name is given to an economic system where most land, industry and business is privately owned?
Capitalism
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Which German-born political theorist was Karl Marx`s collaborator, financial supporter and co-author?
Friedrich Engels
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According to Marxist theory, all aspects of human society are determined or influenced by what factor?
Economics
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What did Karl Marx describe as the "opium of the people"?
Religion
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A rallying cry of communism, mentioned in Karl Marx`s 1848 book, was "Workers of the world..."?
"Unite!"
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In which month was the government of Russia seized by communist revolutionaries known as the Bolsheviks?
October
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Which Russian-born socialist writer led the Bolsheviks and became the first ruler of the Soviet Union?
Vladimir Lenin
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The communist revolution in Russia triggered a period of anti-communist paranoia in the United States, known as the first... ?
Red Scare
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A prevailing fear in the post-war United States was that communists were infiltrating which organisations?
Workers` unions
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In 1918 US president Woodrow Wilson ordered the US military to... ?
Send troops to Russia
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