Starter quiz
- Write the missing word. A ______ is someone who is forced to flee from their own country for their own safety.
- 'refugee' ✓
- Which satellite state suffered from a 'brain drain' between 1949 and 1961?
- East Germany ✓
- West Germany
- USA
- USSR
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- How mnay East Germans crossed the border to the West between 1949 and 1958?
- 300 000
- 750 000
- 1.5 million
- 3 million ✓
- 6 million
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- Where was the Berlin Wall built?
- Around East Berlin
- Around West Berlin ✓
- Around all of Berlin
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- Who claimed that "a wall is a hell of a lot better than a war"?
- John F Kennedy ✓
- Nikita Khrushchev
- Willy Brandt
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- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
- 1⇔End of WW2
- 2⇔Berlin Blockade and Airlift
- 3⇔Korean War
- 4⇔Hungarian Uprising
- 5⇔Berlin Wall built
Exit quiz
- What is an official ban on trade with another country called?
- 'embargo' ✓
- Who became leader of Cuba in 1959 after its revolution?
- 'Fidel Castro' ✓
- How close is Cuba to the USA?
- less than 15 km away
- less than 150 km away ✓
- less than 1500 km away
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- Which country did Cuba increasingly cooperate with after the USA began restricting trade with it?
- 'USSR' ✓
- Which action in 1959 increased US suspicions that Castro might be a communist?
- All foreign-owned land in Cuba was nationalised. ✓
- He launched a trade embargo against the USA.
- Soviet military officials were invited to Cuba.
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- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
- 1⇔Batista ruled over Cuba.
- 2⇔Castro took power.
- 3⇔All foreign-owned land in Cuba was nationalised.
- 4⇔US trade restrictions introduced.
- 5⇔Cuba began working more closely with the USSR.
- 6⇔US trade embargo began.
- 7⇔Diplomatic relations between the USA and Cuba were cut off.
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Key learning points
- The USA was closely interested in Cuba in the mid-20th century.
- The Batista government was very unpopular in Cuba.
- Fidel Castro gained power in Cuba after a revolution.
- The US opposed many of the actions of the Castro government.
- Cuba increasingly developed trade and security relations with the USSR.
Common misconception
Castro immediately turned to the USSR for support after the Cuban Revolution.
Castro mainly turned to the USSR for support in 1960, after the USA had already begun restricting trade with Cuba.
Keywords
Sphere of influence - a region of the world in which one state is dominant
Nationalised - when the government takes control of a business or property
Embargo - an official ban on trade with another country
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