The Cold War ('43 - '91)

Dates and key points about the Cold War

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What happened in 1943?
The Tehran Conference
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What is the correct order of events in 1945?
Yalta, end of WW2, Postdam
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How long did the Berlin Blockade last for?
10 months
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When was NATO formed?
1949
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Brezhnev came to power in which year?
1964
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What happened in 1968?
The Prague Spring (Czechoslovakia)
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SALT Two. . .
...was never ratified
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Christmas Day 1979 was ruined by
Invasion of Afghanistan
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Ronald Reagan called the USSR:
an Evil Empire
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Who led Solidarity in Poland (1981)?
Leah Welsch
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START(talks) stood for:
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
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Who led the USSR between 1982 - 1985?
Many people
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What do Glasnost and Perestroika Stand for?
Openess and Economic Recovery
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SDI could also be called:
Star Wars
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The Cold War ended in...
1989, when Gorbachev and Bush said it did
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Are you going to learn my dates?
Yes, because the exam gives all the questions in date format
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What is the correct order of events in 1945?

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Yalta, end of WW2, Postdam

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How long did the Berlin Blockade last for?

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Card 4

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When was NATO formed?

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Card 5

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Brezhnev came to power in which year?

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Yalta was in Feb 1945, Potsdam was in July 1945. got the order wrong on question 2.

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some of these answers are multiply correct........

Aleksandra

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Lech Wałęsa was the leader of Solidarity in 1981. I have no idea why this answer is incorrect here.

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