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IGCSE UNIT 4-6

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  • In 1964 Khrushchev was forced to resign and replaced by who?
    Brezhnev
  • The Vietnam War ended in 1973 after the Paris Peace Accords were signed. True or False.
    False.
  • What was Diem's 1962 'Strategic Hamlets' policy?
    Create safe villages to stop the VC from getting supplies and soldiers.
  • What happened when the USA banned all trade to Cuba?
    The USSR agreed to buy the sugar and provide loans.
  • What was the INF Treaty 1987?
    Treaty between Regan and Gorbachev to limit missiles.
  • What was the aim of the Marshall Plan?
    Help countries recover after WW2, to help boost US trade
  • Give two examples of poor living standards in USSR in the 1980s.
    Alcoholism, government corruption, lack of technology
  • Which leaders were at the Postdam conference of 1945?
    Truman, Attlee, Stalin
  • What did the Brezhnev Doctrine say?
    USSR had the right to intervene if any communist rule was threatened.
  • What was the Brain Drain?
    Skilled workers leaving West Germany to live in East.
  • Which organisation helped to undermine USSR control in Poland?
    Catholic Church
  • What year was the Prague Spring?
    1968
  • Name two events during the 'War of Words' 1946-47
    Iron Curtain Speech, Novikov Telegram, Long Telegram
  • What did Khrushchev say in his 1956 'Secret speech'?
    Criticized Stalin and his terror regime, announced de-stalinisation, peaceful co-existence
  • What did Stalin set up in 1949 in retaliation to Marshall Aid?
    Comecon
  • Why did relations between USA and USSR break down at Paris Summit 1960?
    Soviets shot down American U2 plane which had been spying on the USSR
  • Khrushchev's ultimatum 1958 said the West had 6th months to leave Berlin. True or False
    True
  • Give two consequences of the 1968 Tet Offensive.
    USA forced to reduce funding for war, many civillians killed, increased public protests in USA
  • The Cuban Missile Crisis led to the Bay of Pigs. True or False
    False
  • What were Gorbachev's policies of Economic Reform and Openness?
    Perestroika and Glastnost
  • Stalin did not think America would get involved in Korea. True or False
    True
  • Give two of Nagy's reforms for Hungary.
    free elections, leave Warsaw Pact, Withdrawal of Soviet Army
  • What year was the Berlin Wall built and what year was it taken down?
    Built 1961, taken down 1989
  • What was the policy to turn countries back to capitalism?
    Roll Back
  • What happened during the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident?
    US ship torpedoed off North Vietnam. Led to president ordering direct attacks on North Vietnam
  • What is a satellite state?
    A country being controlled by another
  • How did the USSR stop Solidarity? (two methods)
    Use the army, banned trade union, arrested leaders
  • Who were the two leaders of North and South Vietnam after end of French rule?
    Ho Chi Minh (N), Ngo Dinh Diem (S)
  • Give two causes that are the same for the Hungarian Uprising and Prague Spring.
    Poor living standards, censorship of press/freedom of speech, secret police, resources sent to USSR
  • Name two consequences of the Berlin Crisis 1948-49
    Cold war more tense, Arms race, East and West Germany, NATO created
  • What did Solidarity want in Poland 1980s?
    to end Soviet control
  • What year did the USSR collapse?
    1991
  • Eisenhower threatened to use the Atomic Bomb in Korea if China did not stop the fighting. True or False.
    True
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