The Cold War : Origins and 1945-1949

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What sort of government dod the Soviets have?
COMMUNIST
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Name the British leader at Potsdam (Surname)
ATTLEE
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Yalta was held in 1945. Which month?
FEBRUARY
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Potsdam was held in 1945. Which month
JULY
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Which leader remained the same at both Potsdam and Yalta?
STALIN
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How can I remeber what was agreed at Yalta?
DWEEBUS
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The border of which country was disputed at Yalta?
POLAND
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At Yalta Stalin agreed not to help communists from...........
GREECE
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How can I remeber what they agreed at Potsdam?
Pound Bread
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What was Eastern Europe to Russia?
BUFFER ZONE
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Who died between Yalta and Potsdam
ROOSEVELT
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What month in 1945 did Germany surrender?
MAY
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After the war USA and USSR started an ........
ARMS RACE
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USSR installed P------G--------s in some Eastern European Countries
PUPPET GOVERNMENTS
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WHAT IS THE COMMUNIST INFORMATION BUREAU CALLED?
COMINFORM
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Name the council for mutual economic assistance set up by the communists.
COMECON
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wHAT IS THE BORDER BETWEEN SOVIET CONTROLLED COUNTRIES AND OTHER COUNTRIES CALLED?
IRON CURTAIN
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What sort of government did USA have?
DEMOCRATIC
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What country had a president called Benes?
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
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What was the Czechoslovak foreign minister murdered in May1947 called?
Jans Masaryk
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In Czechoslovakis all non- communist members of government did what in Feb 1948?
resigned
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What system of govenment did Bulgaria have before WW2? ( It was abolished in 1946)
monarchy
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In Bulgaria a new constitution in 1947 effecively destroyed -----
parliamentary democracy
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During WW2 Hungary was an -------with Germany
ally
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In HUngary before the war there was little support for ----------
communists
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In Hungary in 1947 the elections were----------
rigged
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in Hungary in 1948 the communist party and the ----- -----party were merged
social democratic
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In Hungary the ----- ----- were used to discredit ane persecute rival politicians
secret police
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Before WW2 the poles had a traditional ------of Russia
hatred
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In Poland the soviet troops remained after -----------from the Nazis
liberation
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In Poland a new government formed in June 1945 was dominated by ------- poles
lublin
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Before WW2 the poles had a ---------based economy
peasant
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Which country was a monarchy and showed little support for communism before the war, it was a german ally.
Romania
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In Romania there was a -------government in 1945 with key positions for communists
coalition
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In October 1947 there was a show -----for the main opposition leader in Romania
trial
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In December 1948 the king of --------abdicated
Romania
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Which country came under soviet rule in 1948?
Czechloslovakia
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Which country with traditional hatred of USSR came under soviet control in 1947?
Poland
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Whsi country which had been a monarchy and was historically close to Russia came under soviet control in 1947
Bulgaria
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