History Quiz - The Cold War 02 (Answers)
See how much you know about the Cold War in this KS3 History quiz. Behind the 'Iron Curtain', Stalin's Soviet Union controlled Eastern Europe by various means - secret police, murders of political opponents and a one-party (Communist) state. A common punishment was to send political prisoners to work in the salt mines in Siberia. Conditions there were very harsh and many people sent there died.
The Soviets built up their stock of arms and had a huge army. This was a great worry to the western democracies. Most countries did not have sufficient soldiers or weapons to stand up to a Soviet invasion. This lead to the formation of NATO - the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. The alliance guarantees that if one country is attacked, the others will all come together to help. The communist nations formed their own alliance called the Warsaw Pact. After the end of the Cold War, many of the former Eastern Bloc countries have now joined NATO. The first three of these were Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic.
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You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - The Cold War
It aimed to help European recovery after WW2
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Since the end of the Cold War, NATO has become a peacekeeping force, particularly in Eastern Europe
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North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
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Made up of all the Eastern European Communist countries
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This became known as the 'arms race'
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Road and rail links with the west were cut
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A year later Russia developed its own H-bomb
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To stop East Germans leaving for the west - anyone trying to escape was shot
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He took power in 1953 after Stalin's death
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He said, "Ich bin ein Berliner" meaning "I am one with the people of Berlin"
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