Starter quiz
- Write the missing word. Something is ______ if you cannot avoid it or prevent it from happening.
- 'inevitable' ✓
- Who was the leader of the USSR during the 1940s?
- 'Stalin' ✓
- Which of the following countries was occupied by the USA, USSR, Britain and France after the end of World War Two?
- Germany ✓
- Greece
- Italy
- Spain
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- Write the misisng word. In 1947, US President ______ announced a US policy of containment.
- 'Truman' ✓
- Which Asian country became communist in 1949?
- China ✓
- India
- Japan
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- Whcih city was blockaded by the USSR from 1948 to 1949?
- Berlin ✓
- Paris
- Rome
- Vienna
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Exit quiz
- Write the missing word. A ______ is a meeting between different nations or political powers where key issues and problems are discussed.
- 'summit' ✓
- Match the Cold War leaders to the correct descriptions.
- Eisenhower⇔US President from 1953-61 ✓
- Khrushchev⇔Leader of Soviet Union from the mid-1950s ✓
- Stalin⇔Leader of the USSR until 1953 ✓
- Truman⇔US President from 1945-53 ✓
- Write the misisng word. The ______ War ended in 1953.
- 'Korean' ✓
- Which world leader promoted the idea of peaceful coexistence?
- 'Khrushchev' ✓
- Which statement about the Geneva Summit is most accurate?
- It was a meeting of Western countries opposed to communism.
- It was a meeting of Eastern countries opposed to capitalism.
- It was a meeting of Eastern and Western countries hoping to reduce tensions. ✓
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- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
- 1⇔End of World War Two
- 2⇔Truman Doctrine announced
- 3⇔Berlin Blockade
- 4⇔Eisenhower became president
- 5⇔Geneva Summit
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Key learning points
- New leaders came to power in both the USA and USSR after 1953.
- Khrushchev and Eisenhower both believed US and Soviet differences did not need to be settled through conflict.
- The 1955 Geneva Summit was attended by both Eisenhower and Khrushchev.
- The Geneva Summit was the first meeting between the leaders of the superpowers since the end of WW2.
- No agreements were reached during the Geneva Summit.
Common misconception
The arms race only made the superpowers more hostile towards one another.
The high costs and growing power of nuclear weapons developments meant both the USSR and USA were interested in finding ways to improve relations between them.
Keywords
Arms race - the situation in which two or more countries try to have more and stronger weapons than each other
Inevitable - something which you cannot avoid or prevent from happening
Summit - a meeting between different nations or political powers where key issues and problems are discussed
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