Deck 1: The Cold War: A Comprehensive Look at the Competition Between the USA and Soviet Union

Question 1

After the Second World War, the USA and ................became two Super Powers.

A)France
B)USSR
C)India
D)Holland

Answer 1

USSR

Question 2

The competition between the Super Powers led to the.......................

A)Cold War
B)Civil War
C)First World War
D)Second World War

Answer 2

Cold War

Question 3

.........................took the leadership of all the Capitalist Countries.

A)America
B)USSR
C)India
D)Germany

Answer 3

America

Question 4

..........................took the leadership of all the Communist Countries.

A)Soviet Russia
B)Poland
C)India
D)Germany

Question 5

The .................... was a period of economic, political and military tension between the United States and Soviet Union from 1945 to 1991.

A)Cold War
B)Civil War
C)First World War
D)Second World War

Question 6

The ....................was a long period of tension between the democracies of the Western World and the communist countries of Eastern Europe.

A)Cold War
B)Civil War
C)First World War
D)Second World War

Question 7

....................is a kind of verbal war which is fought through newspapers, magazines, radio and other propaganda methods.

A)First World War
B)Civil War
C)Cold War
D)Second World War

Question 8

The Cold War came to an end with the collapse of the Soviet Union in.................

A)1991
B)1995
C)1998
D)1999.

Question 9

...................., the Prime Minister of England in his 'Fulton Speech' on 5 March 1945 said that Soviet Russia was covered by an Iron Curtain.

A)Winston Churchill
B)Joseph Stalin
C)Hitler
D)Roosevelt

Question 10

United States of America formed SEATO in ................ in order to reduce Soviet Russia's influence.

A)1954
B)1957
C)1959
D)1964

Question 11

In 1955 America formed ..................................in Middle East.

A)MEDO
B)SEATO
C)WARSAW PACT
D)CENTO

Question 12

To reduce the American Power, Russia signed WARSAW PACT in................

A)1855
B)1895
C)1905
D)1955

Question 13

In 1953 Stalin died and Khrushchev became the President of................

A)Poland
B)Russia
C)America
D)Germany

Question 14

In 1959 the Russian President ...................went on a historical tour to America.

A)Khrushchev
B)Stalin
C)Lenin
D)Mao

Question 15

In 13 August..................., Soviet Russia made a Berlin Wall of 25 Kilometres in order to check the immigration from eastern Berlin to Western Berlin.

A)1906
B)1939
C)1945
D)1961

Question 16

The SALT of 1972, the summit Conference on Security' of 1975 in Helsinki and Belgrade Conference of 1978 brought ...................and Russia closer.

A)Poland
B)America
C)France
D)Germany

Question 17

In 1979, the American President Carter and Russian President ...............................signed SALT II.

A)Brezhnev
B)Harry Truman
C)Khrushchev
D)Nixon

Question 18

Containment was originally devised by US diplomat and historian....................., best known as "the father of containment".

A)Kennedy
B)Tolstoy
C)Lenin
D)George F. Kennan

Question 19

The ......................Plan was a U.S.-sponsored program implemented following the Second World War to aid European countries that had been destroyed as a result of the war.

A)Marshall
B)George F. Kennan
C)Lenin
D)Kennedy

Question 20

The Truman Doctrine was an ....................foreign policy to stop Soviet imperialism during the Cold War.

A)American
B)Poland
C)French
D)German

Question 21

The Truman Doctrine was announced to Congress by President Harry S. Truman on March 12, ......................when he pledged to contain Soviet threats to Greece and Turkey.

A)1925
B)1935
C)1947
D)1949

Question 22

The Warsaw Pact was a political and military alliance established on May 14, 1955 between the ........................and several Eastern European countries.

A)Soviet Union
B)United States
C)Canada
D)France

Question 23

The North Atlantic Treaty was signed in Washington on April 4,

A)1934
B)1942
C)1949
D)1951

Question 24

The formal institution of ....................was established on 19 February 1955 at a meeting of treaty partners in Bangkok, Thailand

A)SEATO
B)CENTO
C)MEDO
D)WARSAW PACT

Question 25

SEATO was dissolved on 30 June ................... after many members lost interest and withdrew.

A)1947
B)1957
C)1977
D)1987