Starter quiz
- Write the missing word. Sputnik 1 was a Soviet ______.
- 'satellite' ✓
- Which country sent the first woman into space?
- Britain
- China
- France
- USA
- USSR ✓
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- Who was the first man in space?
- 'Yuri Gagarin' ✓
- Which country won the 'Race to the Moon'?
- Britain
- China
- France
- USA ✓
- USSR
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- Why did JFK plan to land a man on the Moon?
- Claim it as new land for the USA
- Find resources such as oil
- Restore US prestige ✓
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- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
- 1⇔ICBMs first developed
- 2⇔Sputnik 1 launched
- 3⇔First spy satellite launched
- 4⇔First man in space
- 5⇔First man on the moon
Exit quiz
- Write the missing word. An ______ is an agreement between countries or political parties to work together to achieve something.
- 'alliance' ✓
- Which superpower was a member of the Warsaw Pact?
- 'Soviet Union' ✓
- Write the missing word. The USA was a member of ______.
- 'NATO' ✓
- Why did France initially oppose West German membership of NATO?
- It feared West German communism.
- It feared West German economic competition.
- It feared West German rearmament. ✓
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- Which of the following was a characteristic of most Warsaw Pact member states?
- They were capitalist.
- They were democracies.
- They were Soviet satellites. ✓
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- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
- 1⇔Potsdam Conference
- 2⇔Berlin Blockade
- 3⇔NATO formed
- 4⇔West Germany joins NATO
- 5⇔Warsaw Pact formed
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Key learning points
- The USSR and Germany were considered threats to Western Europe after WW2.
- NATO was founded in 1949 as a military alliance of Western countries.
- West Germany was allowed to join NATO in 1955.
- The USSR opposed West German entry into NATO.
- The Warsaw Pact was an alliance of Eastern European countries founded in 1955.
Common misconception
NATO was established in response to the USSR setting up the Warsaw Pact.
The Warsaw Pact was a response to NATO's formation in April 1949 (which itself followed the Berlin Crisis and Soviet takeover of Czechoslovakia).
Keywords
Alliance - an agreement between countries or political parties to work together to achieve something
Controversial - something that causes a lot of disagreement or argument
Rearmament - the process of supplying yourself or others with new weapons, especially in order to become a strong military power again
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