2019-10-16T11:34:28+03:00[Europe/Moscow] en true T/F: the tehran conference was in 1941, t/f: britain and the usa agreed to invade france, t/f: the yalta conference began in 1945, t/f: in the yalta confernce it was agreed to divide germany into 4 zones, t/f: poland was a source of disagreement between the allies during the yalta conference, 1945, t/f: stalin was keen to allow free elections in eastern europe, t/f: roosevelt attented the potsdam conference, t/f: stalin set up a communist government in poland, t/f: the soviet union had atmoic weapons by the time of potsdam conference, t/f: truman made the decision to blockade Berlin, t/f: stalin was angered by the reconstruction of germany, t/f: the soviets cut of all land lines to Berlin, t/f: the usa airlifted supplies into berlin, t/f: the blockade crisis lasted from 1948 to 1950, t/f: berlin was supplied with coal,oil, food and medicine, t/f: American b-29 bombers were moved to Britain during the crisis, t/f: The soviets responded to the airlift by shooting down all aircraft, t/f: stalin eventually backed down and lifted the blockade, t/f: berlin remained a source of tension in the cold war, usa/ussr: set up government in poland, usa/ussr: set up cominform, usa/ussr: blockade berlin, usa/ussr:  set up warsaw pact, usa/ussr: occupied eastern europe, usa/ussr: airlifted supplies into west berlin, usa/ussr: set up nato, t/f: poland was a member of nato, t/f: stalin saw nato as an agressive aliiance aimed at the soviet union, t/f: the usa launched a satellite called sputnik, t/f: the soviet equivalent to nato is warsaw, t/f:  american b-29 bomers based in europe could destroy moscow, t/f: nasa stands for national aeroautical soviet adminsitration, t/f: a hydrogen bomb could easily destroy a city, t/f: albania and hungry were members of the warsaw pact, t/f: nato stands for north atlantic treaty organisation, t/f: the cold war become alot more friendly by 1958, berlin had originally been divided at which conference?, berlin was situated inside which zone of occuptaion?, between 1949 and 1961, how many berliners flet to the west, the soviet were worried about western espionage in berlin.what is esponiage?, what shot down over the soviet union?, when did khrushchev close the border between east and west berlin?, where was the east west stand-off in octber 1961? , which us president visted berlin in 1963?, how many people turned out to hear the us president speak in 1963?, the berlin wall was built to?, the east germans wanted to leave berline because?, the berlin wall..., the berlin wall fell because.., what economies like in west germany and east?, what effect would the loss of young people have on a country, the secret union place missiles in cuba in order to.., the us called the blockade a quarentine because, the cuban missile crisis is when the us reached what defcon level, which government indiviuals negotiated the end of cuban missile crisis on october 27, during the cmc the us agreed to: , the bay of pigs was organised by?, the aim of the bay of pigs invasion was?, kenned was asked to buy back prisioners during the cmc area with?, the bay of pigs took place in?, la brigada consisted of?, la brigada were met by?, what was the period reform in czechoslovakia in 1968 called?, t/f: when noventy asked for help at the start of the prague spring, russia did not give him any, who was the leader of russia in 1968?, t/f: alexander dubcek reblacked novantny as czech leader in january 1968, what was the brezhnec doctrine announced on 3rd august 1968?, when did the warsaw pact invade czechoslovakia?, how many soldiers invaded czechoslovakia?, how did jan palach protest the invasion of czechoslovakia?, t/f: detente is the name given to improved cold war relations?, t/f: americans sent troops to korea in 1965, t/f: president nixon visited moscow in 1970, t/f: USA and soviet astronaughts met in space in 1975, t/f: all nuclear weapons were banned under the salt treaty, t/f: us president carter critised the soviet over their humans rights record, t/f: the us senate refused to ratify salt II in 1974, t/f:  gorbachev introduced the policies of glasnost and perestroika, t/f: reagans anti-nuclear missile system was known as star track, t/f:  gorbachev wanted to modernise communism in order to save the soviet union, the attempts at detente in 1970..., the soviet invasion of afganhistan in 1979 was the last straw for the usa and president carter views soviet actions as a serious threat to.., the usa saw a soviet occupied afghanistan as a threat to india and pakistan as well as a possible stepping stone to soviet controlof the..., during the 5 years following the invasion, raltions between the superpowers.., the newly elected us president reagan was keen to challenge the soviet union and re-establishing the usa as the.., reagan bacame determined to confront the soviet union whenever possible and this led to what some described as the.., president reagan greatly increased us spending on defence to.., president who visted moscow in 1974, us president who met gorbachev in 1985, soviet leader who resigned in 1991, year the berlin wall came down, date of the soviet invasion of afghanistan, event boycotted by usa in 1980, define salt, define containment, define icbm, define comecon, define marshall plan, define MAD, what is the UN flashcards
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  • T/F: the tehran conference was in 1941
    false it was in 1943
  • t/f: britain and the usa agreed to invade france
    true
  • t/f: the yalta conference began in 1945
    true
  • t/f: in the yalta confernce it was agreed to divide germany into 4 zones
    true
  • t/f: poland was a source of disagreement between the allies during the yalta conference, 1945
    true
  • t/f: stalin was keen to allow free elections in eastern europe
    false, but truman wanted it and proposed it in the potsdam conference 1945
  • t/f: roosevelt attented the potsdam conference
    false he died before the 1945 conferenece
  • t/f: stalin set up a communist government in poland
    true
  • t/f: the soviet union had atmoic weapons by the time of potsdam conference
    false
  • t/f: truman made the decision to blockade Berlin
    false
  • t/f: stalin was angered by the reconstruction of germany
    true
  • t/f: the soviets cut of all land lines to Berlin
    true
  • t/f: the usa airlifted supplies into berlin
    true
  • t/f: the blockade crisis lasted from 1948 to 1950
    false it began on 28th june 1948 and lasted 10 months
  • t/f: berlin was supplied with coal,oil, food and medicine
    true
  • t/f: American b-29 bombers were moved to Britain during the crisis
    true
  • t/f: The soviets responded to the airlift by shooting down all aircraft
    false they were to scared
  • t/f: stalin eventually backed down and lifted the blockade
    true becuase it was useless 
  • t/f: berlin remained a source of tension in the cold war
    true
  • usa/ussr: set up government in poland
    ussr
  • usa/ussr: set up cominform
    ussr
  • usa/ussr: blockade berlin
    ussr
  • usa/ussr:  set up warsaw pact
    ussr
  • usa/ussr: occupied eastern europe
    ussr
  • usa/ussr: airlifted supplies into west berlin
    usa
  • usa/ussr: set up nato
    usa
  • t/f: poland was a member of nato
    false
  • t/f: stalin saw nato as an agressive aliiance aimed at the soviet union
    true
  • t/f: the usa launched a satellite called sputnik
    false
  • t/f: the soviet equivalent to nato is warsaw
    true
  • t/f:  american b-29 bomers based in europe could destroy moscow
    true
  • t/f: nasa stands for national aeroautical soviet adminsitration
    false
  • t/f: a hydrogen bomb could easily destroy a city
    true
  • t/f: albania and hungry were members of the warsaw pact
    true
  • t/f: nato stands for north atlantic treaty organisation
    true
  • t/f: the cold war become alot more friendly by 1958
    false
  • berlin had originally been divided at which conference?
    yalta
  • berlin was situated inside which zone of occuptaion?
    soviet
  • between 1949 and 1961, how many berliners flet to the west
    4 million
  • the soviet were worried about western espionage in berlin.what is esponiage?
    spying
  • what shot down over the soviet union?
    a u2 spy plain
  • when did khrushchev close the border between east and west berlin?
    13th august 1961
  • where was the east west stand-off in octber 1961? 
    checkpoint charlie
  • which us president visted berlin in 1963?
    john f kennedy
  • how many people turned out to hear the us president speak in 1963?
    1.5 million
  • the berlin wall was built to?
    keep east germans from leaving their homes
  • the east germans wanted to leave berline because?
    they wanted to improve their living standards
  • the berlin wall...
    helped stabilize the communist government
  • the berlin wall fell because..
    the people in east berlin rose up and smashed it
  • what economies like in west germany and east?
    west was prosperous from marshall aid. east was poor as they hardly got any help from the soviet - they had basic food shortages
  • what effect would the loss of young people have on a country
    less professional to help with what they studied
  • the secret union place missiles in cuba in order to..
    defend the island of cuba
  • the us called the blockade a quarentine because
    a blockade is a term for war quarentine isnt
  • the cuban missile crisis is when the us reached what defcon level
    2
  • which government indiviuals negotiated the end of cuban missile crisis on october 27
    robert kennedy and anatoly dobrynin
  • during the cmc the us agreed to: 
    - never invade cuba. - ussr would remove missiles from cuba- un will inspect the removal of missiles in cuba
  • the bay of pigs was organised by?
    the cia
  • the aim of the bay of pigs invasion was?
    to remove communism from cuba
  • kenned was asked to buy back prisioners during the cmc area with?
    $53 million in food and medicine
  • the bay of pigs took place in?
    1961
  • la brigada consisted of?
    1500 exiles
  • la brigada were met by?
    20,000 communist troops
  • what was the period reform in czechoslovakia in 1968 called?
    prague spring
  • t/f: when noventy asked for help at the start of the prague spring, russia did not give him any
    true
  • who was the leader of russia in 1968?
    leonoid brezhnev
  • t/f: alexander dubcek reblacked novantny as czech leader in january 1968
    true
  • what was the brezhnec doctrine announced on 3rd august 1968?
    the ussr would not allow any eastern europe country to reject communism even if it meant a world war
  • when did the warsaw pact invade czechoslovakia?
    20th august 1961
  • how many soldiers invaded czechoslovakia?
    0.5 million
  • how did jan palach protest the invasion of czechoslovakia?
    by burning himself to death
  • t/f: detente is the name given to improved cold war relations?
    true
  • t/f: americans sent troops to korea in 1965
    false
  • t/f: president nixon visited moscow in 1970
    true
  • t/f: USA and soviet astronaughts met in space in 1975
    true
  • t/f: all nuclear weapons were banned under the salt treaty
    false
  • t/f: us president carter critised the soviet over their humans rights record
    true
  • t/f: the us senate refused to ratify salt II in 1974
    true
  • t/f:  gorbachev introduced the policies of glasnost and perestroika
    true
  • t/f: reagans anti-nuclear missile system was known as star track
    false
  • t/f:  gorbachev wanted to modernise communism in order to save the soviet union
    true
  • the attempts at detente in 1970...
    calmed the cold war
  • the soviet invasion of afganhistan in 1979 was the last straw for the usa and president carter views soviet actions as a serious threat to..
    peace
  • the usa saw a soviet occupied afghanistan as a threat to india and pakistan as well as a possible stepping stone to soviet controlof the...
    wests oil supplies
  • during the 5 years following the invasion, raltions between the superpowers..
    detaterioated considerably
  • the newly elected us president reagan was keen to challenge the soviet union and re-establishing the usa as the..
    leading superpower
  • reagan bacame determined to confront the soviet union whenever possible and this led to what some described as the..
    second cold war
  • president reagan greatly increased us spending on defence to..
    trillions of dollars
  • president who visted moscow in 1974
    nixon
  • us president who met gorbachev in 1985
    reagan
  • soviet leader who resigned in 1991
    gorbachev
  • year the berlin wall came down
    1989
  • date of the soviet invasion of afghanistan
    1979
  • event boycotted by usa in 1980
    moscow olympics
  • define salt
    strategic arms limitation talks
  • define containment
    us policy of stopping the spread of communism
  • define icbm
    missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead between countries
  • define comecon
    communist organisation to coordinate economic development
  • define marshall plan
    us program of financial economic aid to europe
  • define MAD
    mutally asurred destruction. belief that using nuclear weapons would destryoy both sides
  • what is the UN
    united nations- the body set up in 1945 to promote peace and international cooperation