Starter quiz
- Which keyword describes an attempt to prevent goods, people or supplies from entering or leaving a certain area?
- 'blockade' ✓
- Which keyword describes the transportation of people or goods by air, often used when other forms of transport are not available?
- 'airlift' ✓
- Complete the sentence with the two missing words: Stalin's response to the creation of ______ and the introduction of the ______ in 1948 led to the Berlin Crisis.
- Bizonia
- Trizonia ✓
- Euro
- Deutschmark ✓
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- How many tonnes of supplies were being delivered to Berlin per day by the Allies by September 1948?
- 460 tonnes
- 4600 tonnes ✓
- 46000 tonnes
- 46 tonnes
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- Which country left the Allied Control Commission in March 1948?
- the USSR ✓
- France
- the USA
- Britain
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- Which of the following were consequences of the Berlin Crisis?
- persuaded Western countries to create a formal military alliance ✓
- the creation of FRG and GDR ✓
- significantly increased tensions between the USA and the USSR ✓
- significantly decreased tensions between the USA and the USSR
- the creation of North Germany and South Germany
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Exit quiz
- Which keyword describes when countries compete with each other to build up their military strength?
- 'arms race' ✓
- Complete the sentence with the correct years: The establishment of NATO in ______ and the Warsaw Pact in ______ divided Europe into two rival alliance systems.
- 1948
- 1949 ✓
- 1950
- 1952
- 1955 ✓
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- What military technology was created in 1957 which significantly increased tensions between the USSR and the USA?
- H-bomb
- ICBMs ✓
- Sputnik 1
- NASA
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- Complete the sentence: Both the USA and the USSR developed huge stockpiles of nuclear weapons as a form of ______.
- 'deterrence' ✓
- How much did America spend on arms per year by 1953?
- $13.5 billion
- $49.6 billion ✓
- $13.4 billion
- $35.5 billion
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- What idea did the new Soviet leader, Nikita Khrushchev, believe in which should have decreased Cold War tensions?
- ‘harmonial coexistence’
- ‘mutual coexistence’
- ‘peaceful coexistence’ ✓
- ‘accepting coexistence’
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Key learning points
- The establishment of NATO (1949) and the Warsaw Pact (1955) divided Europe into two rival alliance systems.
- The American development of the atomic bomb started an arms race between the USA and the USSR.
- In 1953, hopes that new leaders in the USA and USSR would improve relations were short-lived: the arms race continued.
- The development of ICBMs (1957) meant the USA and USSR could fire nuclear weapons at targets in different continents.
- Both the USA and the USSR developed huge stockpiles of nuclear weapons as a form of deterrence.
Common misconception
NATO was established in response to Stalin setting up the Warsaw Pact.
The Warsaw Pact was a response to NATO's formation in April 1949 (following the Berlin Crisis and Soviet takeover of Czechoslovakia).
Keywords
Arms race - when countries compete with each other to build up their military strength
Superpower - a country that has great power and influence globally; the USA and USSR were superpowers during the Cold War period
Summit - a meeting between leaders to discuss significant issues or make important decisions
Icbm - intercontinental ballistic missile; missiles that could fire a nuclear warhead at targets in different continents
Deterrence - using the threat of force to prevent something from happening
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