The Cold War (1949-1963)

Front 1

1) Who had occupied Korea during WW2?

2) North Korea became _________ under the leadership of ___ __ ____.

3) South Korea became _________ under the leadership of ________ ____.

4) In 1949, all of China (except Taiwan) became _________ under the rule of Chairman ___.

5) What theory did the US fear?

6) Who encouraged Kim Il Sung to attack South Korea?

7) When did the Korean War begin?

Back 1

1) Japan

2) a) communist b) Kim Il Sung

3) a) capitalist b) Syngman Rhee

4) a) communist b) Mao

5) The Domino Theory

6) The Soviet Union and China

7) June 1950

Front 2

1) Where was the only place North Korea didn't capture?

2) Who did South Korea appeal to for help?

3) How many countries a) originally joined the US to help and b) ended up helping the US

4) Who organised a successful seaborne landing behind the North Korean front line?

5) The North Koreans were forced to _______.

6) Where did they agree to a ceasefire?

Back 2

1) Pusan Pocket

2) The United Nations (UN)

3) a) 16 b)32

4) General Douglas MacArthur

5) Retreat

6) almost in the same place as where they started!

Front 3

1) What percentage of the population was dead?

2) The country remained _______.

3) The UN proved to be much _______ than the ______ __ _______.

4) The US war prepared to go to ___ to prevent the ______ of _________

5) What did SEATO stand for?

6) What was SEATO?

Back 3

1) 10%

2) Divided

3) a) stronger b) League of Nations

4) a) war b) spread c) communism

5) South-East Asian Treaty Organisation

6) A military alliance to protect the far East from communism

Front 4

1) The ______ dictator _______ Stalin had arrested, tortured, imprisoned and killed tens of ________ of his own people.

2) Who replaced Stalin in 1953 when Stalin died?

3) In 1956, the new leader denounced the terror under ________ rule.

4) What did the new leader remove from the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe?

Back 4

1) a) Soviet b) Joseph c) millions

2) Nikita Khrushchev

3) Stalin's

4) millions of posters and statues of Joseph Stalin

Front 5

1) What was Peaceful Co-Existence?

2) The Soviet Union and the United States of America entered a _______ ____ ____ and a _____ ____.

Back 5

1) avoiding direct confrontation with the West but competing with it in the areas of sport, the third world, science and technology

2) a) Nuclear Arms race b) Space race

Front 6

1) In 1949, the US set up NATO. What did this stand for?

2) What was NATO?

3) Who were the members of it? (15 are listed in the answers!!)

Back 6

1) North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

2) It was a military alliance where the members agreed to go to war if another was attacked by the Soviet Union.

3) The Us, Canada, Britain, France, Belgium, Holland, Italy, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Greece, Turkey and West Germany

Front 7

1) What was COMECON?

2) What was COMINFORM?

3) When were these established? By who?

4) What was the Warsaw Pact?

5) Who agreed to the Warsaw pact?

Back 7

1) Council for Mutual Economical Assistance

2) Communist Information Bureau

3) in 1947 by the Soviet Union

4) A military alliance like NATO whose members agreed to go to war if the US attacked them

5) All Eastern European countries except Yugoslavia

Front 8

1) Hungary was a _________ Eastern European county allied to the _____ _____.

2) What were the Hungarians inspired by?

3) What four things did they want?

4) ____ ____ was elected as Prime Minister.

Back 8

1) a) communist b) Soviet Union

2) Stalin's death and Khrushchev's Destalinization

3) Political freedom, access to the West, capitalist reforms and the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Hungary

4) Imre Nagy

Front 9

1) Khrushchev hadn't meant for his _______________ policy to lead to Eastern European countries to have freedom from the ____

2) In ________ 1956, Soviet Troops invaded Hungary killing _____ and forcing ______ to flee to the West

3) ____ Nagy was ________ and replaced with _____ _____ (a kind leader)

4) This caused a____ in the ____ ___! (Tensions rose)

Back 9

1) a) Destalinization b) USSR

2) a) November b) 30,000 c) 200,000

3) a) Imre b) executed c) Janos Kadar

4) a) thaw b) cold war

Front 10

1) Who first developed the atom bomb?

2) Where did they use it and why?

3) When did the Soviet Union develop their first atom bomb and hydrogen bomb?

4) What is an ICMB?

5) What was MAD and what did it deter both the US and USSR from doing?

6) What would WW3 cause?

Back 10

1) The US

2) Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end WW2

3) A-Bomb- 1949 and H-bomb - 1952

4) Inter-continental ballistic missile

5) Mutual Assured Destruction stopped each other from directly going to war

6) The end of the world

Front 11

1) What did the threat of a nuclear holocaust lead to?

2) During the cold war (1949-1963) all attempts at what failed?

3) How many international disarmament meetings failed to reach an agreement?

4) What was the main problem in the cold war?

Back 11

1) peace campaigners across the world calling for nuclear disarmament

2) nuclear disarmament and arms control

3) over 800

4) they didn't trust each other

Front 12

1) Who was ahead in the Space race until 1969?

2) What happened in 1969?

3) When did USSR put Sputnik into orbit?

4) When did USSR put a man into space?

5) Why did the launch of Sputnik scare the US and UK?

Back 12

1) The Soviet Union

2) The US put the first man on the moon (or did they...)

3) 1957

4) 1961

5) It showed (because it was launched by ICBMs) that the USSR had missiles strong enough to reach space therefore strong enough to hit anywhere on Earth!