GCSE History: The Cold War 3

Question 1

What was détente in the context of the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

A period of relaxed tensions and improved diplomatic relations between the USA and USSR in the 1970s.

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The escalation of nuclear arms between the superpowers.

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The Soviet policy of expanding communism in Asia.

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The US strategy of containment of communism.

Question 2

Who was the Soviet leader who introduced the policies of glasnost and perestroika in the 1980s?

Accepted Answer

Mikhail Gorbachev

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Leonid Brezhnev

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Nikita Khrushchev

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Yuri Andropov

Question 3

What happened to the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989?

Accepted Answer

The East German government announced citizens could cross freely, and crowds began tearing it down.

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It was demolished by the East German army.

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NATO forces broke through the Wall.

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The USSR ordered its removal.

Question 4

What was the policy of 'containment' pursued by the USA during the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

Preventing the spread of communism to new countries rather than rolling it back.

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Destroying communism wherever it existed.

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Containing nuclear weapons within certain regions.

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Limiting Soviet influence to Eastern Europe only.

Question 5

The Korean War (1950–53) was significant in the Cold War context because it was the first time what occurred?

Accepted Answer

UN forces (predominantly US) fought against communist forces backed by the USSR and China.

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The USA used nuclear weapons in a conflict.

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NATO sent troops outside of Europe.

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The USSR directly invaded a non-communist country.

Question 6

In which year did the Soviet Union officially dissolve, marking the end of the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

1991

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1989

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1990

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1993