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World History : Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - The Cold War 2 (Questions)

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Behind the 'Iron Curtain', Stalin's Russia controlled Eastern Europe by various means - secret police, murders of political opponents and a one-party (Communist) state.

Here is our second History quiz on the Cold War.

Russia refused any part in which American aid program?

[ ]	Kennedy Plan
[ ]	Marshall Plan
[ ]	Mitchell Plan
[ ]	Sherriff Plan

What was set up in 1949 to protect the world from Communism?

[ ]	NATO
[ ]	SEATO
[ ]	UNICEF
[ ]	WHO

What does 'NA' stand for in NATO?

[ ]	Newly Authorised
[ ]	Non-Aggressive
[ ]	North Atlantic
[ ]	Northern Association

The USSR set up which rival organization in 1955?

[ ]	Berlin Agreement
[ ]	Budapest League
[ ]	Prague Council
[ ]	Warsaw Pact

NATO and the Warsaw Pact built more and better what?

[ ]	Air raid shelters
[ ]	Aircraft carriers
[ ]	Army barracks
[ ]	Nuclear weapons

For almost a year, from mid-1948, Russia blockaded which city?

[ ]	Brussels
[ ]	Paris
[ ]	Vienna
[ ]	West Berlin

In 1952 the USA tested which bomb?

[ ]	Atomic bomb
[ ]	Helium bomb
[ ]	Hydrogen bomb
[ ]	Nitrogen bomb

The Berlin Wall was built in which year?

[ ]	1959
[ ]	1961
[ ]	1963
[ ]	1965

Which Soviet leader ordered the Wall to be built?

[ ]	Brezhnev
[ ]	Khrushchev
[ ]	Kosygin
[ ]	Malenkov

10.

Who visited Berlin and vowed to protect freedom?

[ ]	Charles de Gaulle
[ ]	Harold Macmillan
[ ]	John F. Kennedy
[ ]	Spiro Agnew

World History : Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - The Cold War 2 (Answers)

Russia refused any part in which American aid program?

[ ]	Kennedy Plan
[x]	Marshall Plan
[ ]	Mitchell Plan
[ ]	Sherriff Plan

It aimed to help European recovery after WW2

What was set up in 1949 to protect the world from Communism?

[x]	NATO
[ ]	SEATO
[ ]	UNICEF
[ ]	WHO

What does 'NA' stand for in NATO?

[ ]	Newly Authorised
[ ]	Non-Aggressive
[x]	North Atlantic
[ ]	Northern Association

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

The USSR set up which rival organization in 1955?

[ ]	Berlin Agreement
[ ]	Budapest League
[ ]	Prague Council
[x]	Warsaw Pact

Made up of all the Eastern European Communist countries

NATO and the Warsaw Pact built more and better what?

[ ]	Air raid shelters
[ ]	Aircraft carriers
[ ]	Army barracks
[x]	Nuclear weapons

This became known as the 'arms race'

For almost a year, from mid-1948, Russia blockaded which city?

[ ]	Brussels
[ ]	Paris
[ ]	Vienna
[x]	West Berlin

Road and rail links with the west were cut

In 1952 the USA tested which bomb?

[ ]	Atomic bomb
[ ]	Helium bomb
[x]	Hydrogen bomb
[ ]	Nitrogen bomb

A year later Russia developed its own H-bomb

The Berlin Wall was built in which year?

[ ]	1959
[x]	1961
[ ]	1963
[ ]	1965

To stop East Germans leaving for the west - anyone trying to escape was shot

Which Soviet leader ordered the Wall to be built?

[ ]	Brezhnev
[x]	Khrushchev
[ ]	Kosygin
[ ]	Malenkov

He took power in 1953 after Stalin's death

10.

Who visited Berlin and vowed to protect freedom?

[ ]	Charles de Gaulle
[ ]	Harold Macmillan
[x]	John F. Kennedy
[ ]	Spiro Agnew

He said, "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner) - it can also mean 'I am a jam donut'!!!