IGCSE History CH 100 Question Quiz
What happened on 27th October 1962?
A U-2 spy plane was shot down over Cuba
Who was Joseph Mindszenty?
A leading Hungarian catholic Cardinal
What was agreed about Germany at Yalta?
It was to be divided into 4 zones
What is the name of the Czech politician "murdered" by Communists after being pushed out a window (May 1947)?
Jans Masaryk
In which month and year did US and British zones of Germany join?
January 1946
In which month and year did Soviet troops withdraw Afghanistan?
January 1989
Which country controlled Korea from 1910 to 1945?
Japan
In which month and year was the blockade introduced?
June 1946
In which month and year did North Korea invade South Korea?
June 1950
In which year did Kennedy give his infamous "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech?
June 1963
What deal remained secret at the end of the crisis?
Kennedy's removal of the missiles in Turkey in return for the ones in Cuba
Who was the new president of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
Kim Il-Sung
Who were the strikers led by?
Lech Walesa
Who was leader of the Soviet Union during the uprising in Czechoslovakia?
Leonid Brezhnev
In which month and year did Churchill give his 'Iron Curtain' speech?
March 1946
In which month and year was the Truman Doctrine announced?
March 1947
In which month and year did Stalin lift the blockade?
May 1949
Who was Willi Brandt?
Mayor of West Berlin; former Chancellor of West Germany
Who was leader of the Soviet Union during the Berlin Wall crisis?
Nikita Khrushchev
Who was the new President after the election in 1968?
Nixon
What do the letters NATO stand for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
What did the two famous policies introduced by Gorbachev stand for / mean?
Openness and reconstruction
What was the operational military name for the allied airlift?
Operation Vittles
What did the Polish government do on 13th December 1981?
Solidarity was outlawed
What percentage of the East German population had left for West Berlin or West Germany between 1949 and 1961?
Some 15% had left East Germany for West Berlin or West Germany.
Name the 'Big Three' who met at Yalta
Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill
Who was the new president of the Republic of Korea?
Syngman Rhee
TRUE or FALSE: The USSR feared a "brain drain" from Eastern Germany?
TRUE
What was the name of the surprise attack launched by the North Vietnamese in January 1968?
Tet Offensive
What did the Soviets request at the Vienna summit?
That the West withdraw from Berlin within 6 months
What happened on 16th July 1945?
The USA successfully tested its first Atom bomb Potsdam Conference started
What scenario allowed the UN to pass their Security Council resolution condemning the North Korean invasion?
The absence of the Soviet representative on the Security in protest against the refusal of the USA to allow communist China into the UNO allowed the UN to pass their resolution.
Which act from the western allies led to a direct response from Stalin by implementing a blockade?
The introduction of a new currency by the Western zone
What is NATO?
The western military alliance against the Soviet Union
What did a quarter of a million people do after the Hungarian uprising was over?
They fled to the West / to neighbouring countries
What was the Soviet Union's attitude towards Germany at the Potsdam Conference?
They wanted to cripple Germany
What did the Soviet Union use the Warsaw Pact for in August 1968?
To invade / bring troops into Czechoslovakia
Which 3 methods of transport were blocked during the Berlin blockade?
Transport by air, rail and motorway was blocked
Which organization did the allies agree to join whilst at Yalta?
UNO (United Nations Organisation)
What job title did JFK's brother hold?
United States Senator
In which European city was there a key summit in June 1961?
Vienna
What was the more common name foe the National Liberal Front?
Vietcong
Which key organization was set up by the Soviets in October 1947?
Warsaw Pact
What was "Solidarity"?
a nationwide independent trade union
What was the "Prague Spring"?
a period of reform with the government making changes to many aspects of life in Czechoslovakia
Which scandalous planes did the Americans station in Britain during the course of the blockade?
B-29 bomber planes were stationed in Britain by the US.
Who was the new US president at Potsdam?
Harry S. Truman
Who was the leader of the Vietminh?
Ho Chi Minh
What was the name of the river which American troops pushed the North Korean forces back to, close to the border with China?
the Yalu River
Finish the gaps in the speech: "From Stetin in the Baltic to ... in the ..., an iron curtain has descended across the continent."
"From Stetin in the Baltic to (Trieste) in the (Adriatic), an iron curtain has descended across the continent."
What was the amount of money that Congress made available over 4 years in the form of Marshall Aid?
$17 billion
On what exact date did the people of Berlin wake to find a wall had been built through the city?
13th August 1961
What percentage of the vote did the Communist win in the post-war elections in Hungary?
17%
In what year did the communists make Czechoslovakia a one-party state?
1948
In which year were both the Republic of Korea (established after free elections in the south) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (established by the Soviets)
1948
In which year was COMECON created?
1949
In which year was the Geneva Peace Accord signed?
1954
In which year did the Berlin Wall come down?
1959
In which year was there a revolution in Cuba?
1959
In which year was a peace treaty signed in Paris to end the Vietnam War?
1973
In which year did Mikhail Gorbachev become leader of the Soviet Union?
1985
Roughly how many Cuban troops met the invading forces at the Bay of Pigs?
20,000 troops
On which exact date did the Hungarian uprising begin?
23 Oct 1956
How many air corridors were utilised by the allies throughout the airlift?
3
To the nearest 50,000, how many flights were there during the airlift?
300,000 flight were made during the airlift
Roughly how many civilians were killed in the My Lai massacre?
350-500
What percentage of Poland's workforce between 1980 and 1981 were member of Solidarity?
80%
How long was the wall?
87 miles long
Who was the first elected President of Russia in 1990, as the Soviet Union was coming to an end?
Boris Yeltsin
In which country did the communist party gain power immediately after the war as a result of strong support throughout the war?
Albania
In the "Prague Spring" who replaced Antonin Novotny as leader of the ruling Communist Party?
Alexander Dubcek
In which month and year was NATO set up?
April 1949
Where was Korea divided by the Americans and Soviets in their post-war occupation?
At the 38th parallel
In which month and year did the Potsdam Conference end?
August 1945
In which month and year was the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
August 1964
In which month and year did workers at Lenin shipyard in Gdansk go on strike?
August 1980
What was the joining of the US and British zones of Germany known as?
Bizonia
Who joined the war in November 1950?
China
Who was the new British Prime Minister, elected part way through the Potsdam conference?
Clement Attlee
What is COMECON?
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance; created with the object of directing the national economies of the Soviet bloc.
How far was Cuba from the southern coast of America?
Cuba was only 90 miles away from the southern coast of America
Which group of people were used for the Bay of Pigs invasion?
Cuban exiles
In which Eastern European country was there a communist takeover which resulted in Congress passing Marshall Aid?
Czechoslovakia
In which month and year did Truman suggest Marshall Aid to Congress?
Dec 1947
Which South Vietnamese leader was overthrown in a military coup in November 1963?
Diem
What was the name of the theory put forward by President Eisenhower that suggested if one of country in Asia fell to Communism, then other neighbouring countries would quickly follow?
Domino Theory
Which US president approved the initial plan to remove Castro from office?
Eisenhower
In which month and year did the Yalta Conference take place?
Feb 1945
What happened to the non-communist leader in Poland in 1947?
Forced into exile
Who was overthrown in the revolution? (Name of the president of Cuba)
General Batista
Who was the communist leader of Yugoslavia?
General Josip Tito
What was the name of the US General who initially led the UN and American forces?
General MacArthur
What was the official name of the country founded by the Soviets from the Eastern zone of Germany in 1949? (NOT just East Germany)
German Democratic Republic
Name 2 famous policies which Gorbachev introduced to reform the Soviet Union?
Glasnost and Perestroika
In which country did the USA step in to prevent a Communist takeover as a result of Britain struggling to support royalist forces in the civil war?
Greece
What action did the "hawks" in Kennedy's government want to see taken against the Soviets?
aerial bombing
Was the Czech uprising more about economic or political problems in the country?
both
What is the word beginning with 'c' which is a policy which the Truman Doctrine became better known as?
containment
How many Hungarians were killed during the uprising?
some 3,000 Hungarians were killed during the uprising
