Starter quiz
- Write the missing word. ______ is the process of supplying yourself or others with new weapons, especially in order to become a strong military power again.
- 'rearmament' ✓
- Which two countries were members of NATO?
- Britain ✓
- Bulgaria
- Hungary
- Italy ✓
- Yugoslavia
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- Which two countries were members of the Warsaw Pact?
- Czechoslovakia ✓
- France
- Hungary ✓
- Norway
- Yugoslavia
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- In which year was NATO founded?
- '1949' ✓
- The entry of which country into NATO triggered the creation of the Warsaw Pact?
- Greece
- Turkey
- West Germany ✓
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- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
- 1⇔Churchill referred to an 'Iron Curtain' dividing Europe
- 2⇔Berlin Blockade
- 3⇔NATO formed
- 4⇔Turkey and Greece joined NATO
- 5⇔West Germany joined NATO
- 6⇔Warsaw Pact formed
Exit quiz
- Which word describes a change introduced to improve something, often a system or law?
- 'reform' ✓
- What was the name of the American policy aimed at preventing the spread of communism into non-communist countries?
- 'containment' ✓
- Complete the sentence: When Imre Nagy announced that Hungary would leave the ______ Pact, the USSR invaded and crushed the Hungarian Uprising.
- 'Warsaw' ✓
- Why did the Hungarian Uprising break out in 1956?
- Hungarians did not like Nagy's reforms.
- desire for greater freedom ✓
- anger due to declining living standards ✓
- Hungarians did not want to be part of NATO.
- anger at foreign influence in Hungary ✓
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- How many Soviet troops invaded Hungary on 4th November 1956?
- 6000
- 20 000
- 200 000 ✓
- 600 000
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- Which of the following were consequences of the Hungarian Uprising?
- weakened the USSR and Khrushchev
- strengthened the USSR and Khrushchev ✓
- worsening of US-Soviet relations
- improvement of US-Soviet relations
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Key learning points
- The Hungarian Uprising (1956) was caused by anger due to declining living standards and a desire for greater freedom.
- Khrushchev attempted to end the Hungarian Uprising by installing Imre Nagy as leader and supporting his reforms.
- When Nagy announced that Hungary would leave the Warsaw Pact, the USSR invaded and crushed the Hungarian Uprising.
- The West opposed the Soviet invasion of Hungary but did not intervene.
- The defeat of the Hungarian Uprising strengthened the USSR and Khrushchev.
Common misconception
Mátyás Rákosi was the leader of Hungary at the start of the Hungarian Uprising.
Rákosi was forced to quit as leader in July 1956 when he lost the support of the USSR but widespread anger amongst ordinary Hungarians remained. Khrushchev installed Imre Nagy as leader on 26th October 1956 in an attempt to end protests.
Keywords
Satellite state - a country controlled by or depending on a more powerful country
Uprising - an act of resistance or rebellion
Oppression - unfair treatment that limits people's freedom
Containment - American policy aimed at preventing the spread of communism into non-communist countries
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