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6. In 1954, Presient Eisenhower came up with the................ theory to describe the spread of communism.

  • 'Blackjack'
  • 'Solitaire'
  • 'Domino'
  • 'Poker'
  • 'Chess'

7. Which year was 'Sputnik' launched?

  • 1959
  • 1955
  • 1956
  • 1957
  • 1958

8. Stalin died in 1954.

  • False
  • True

9. In Hungary, since 1945, aproximatly how many people had been executed without a trial?

  • 20,000
  • 10,000
  • 15,000
  • 25,000
  • 15,500

10. What happened in Europe on the 13th August 1961, which affected international relations between east and west?

  • East German troops erected a barrier between east and west Berlin.
  • Cuban Missile Crisis
  • Fidel Castro comes to power.
  • Hungarian Uprising against Russian troops in Budapest.
  • Bay of Pigs fiasco.

11. The USA supported Fidel Castro's campaign in Cuba.

  • False
  • True