The Development of The Cold War

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In what year did China become a communist country?
1949
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Who was the leader of the Chinese communist movement?
Mao Zedong
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Who did the USA back in the Chinese civil war?
Non-Communist Nationalists
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What was the name of the theory that suggested that if one country in Asia became communist, other countries in Asia would immediately follow.
Domino Theory
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At what point was Korea divided between a communist north and non-communist south?
38th Parallel
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Who was the leader of the North Korean Communists?
Kim II Sung
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Who did the US get support from in order to invade Korea?
The United Nations
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What was the name of the leader of the UN forces in Korea?
General MacArthur
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What was the major area of dispute between General MacArthur and President Truman?
MacArthur wanted to use nuclear weapons to drive communism out of the North once and for all.
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What was the Domino Theory?
The idea that US funding in East Europe would help to undermine the USSR's influence.
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In 1960 The National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam was established. What was this group also known as?
Vietcong
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When was NATO formed?
1949
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When was the Warsaw Pact created?
1955
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Why was the Warsaw Pact created?
Because West Germany was allowed to join NATO and rebuild its military.
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In what year was the first manmade satellite, Sputnik, launched by the Soviets?
1957
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Who was the first human in space?
Yuri Gagarin (1961 Soviet Union)
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What was Polaris?
A US submarine-based missile
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What was MAD?
Mutually Assured Destruction - guaranteed retaliation if a weapon was launched.
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Who called for a period of "destalinisation" after Stalin's death, with an end to the brutal persecution of opponents and a call for peaceful coexistence with the West?
Nikita Khrushchev
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What was the U2 crisis?
When the Soviets shot down a US spy plane which was in their territory. The US denied it was a spy plane and said it was a "weather plane".
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What was the consequence of President Eisenhower refusing to apologise for spying on the Soviet Union?
Khrushchev refused to continue with the Paris Peace Summit, storming out after just one day. The improving relations (or "thaw") between East and West was over. This made it more difficult to peacefully settle their differences over Berlin /Cuba
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