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US soldiers raised their flag on Iwo Jima on 23 February 1945. Where did Soviet soldiers raise theirs in May 1945?Read the answer and worked solution →In April 1961 the USA backed an invasion to overthrow which Cuban leader?Read the answer and worked solution →Which US President faced Khrushchev during the Cuban Missile Crisis?Read the answer and worked solution →The atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Little Boy and Fat Man, had yields of how many kilotons?Read the answer and worked solution →NATO came into existence in April 1949 with how many member states?Read the answer and worked solution →The Warsaw Pact, led by the Soviet Union, was created in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1969 the Soviet Union fought a brief border war with which communist neighbour?Read the answer and worked solution →The superpowers came close to direct confrontation in Korea during which years?Read the answer and worked solution →Which US plan of 1947 to 1952 funded the reconstruction of Europe?Read the answer and worked solution →Vietnam was divided along which parallel of latitude?Read the answer and worked solution →The Soviet intervention in Afghanistan lasted which years?Read the answer and worked solution →The Baghdad Pact was later renamed as:Read the answer and worked solution →Tito, Nehru and Nasser met in 1956 to lay the foundation of which movement?Read the answer and worked solution →Where was the first Non-Aligned summit held in 1961?Read the answer and worked solution →US foreign policy from 1787 to the First World War is summed up as:Read the answer and worked solution →The 1972 report Towards a New Trade Policy for Development gave rise to which demand?Read the answer and worked solution →The Limited Test Ban Treaty was signed in Moscow by the US, UK and USSR on which date?Read the answer and worked solution →Under the NPT, how many states count as nuclear weapon states?Read the answer and worked solution →The NPT entered into force in 1970. In which year was it extended indefinitely?Read the answer and worked solution →Brezhnev and Nixon signed the ABM Treaty in Moscow on 26 May 1972 under which talks?Read the answer and worked solution →START-I was signed in Moscow on 31 July 1991 by George Bush Senior and which Soviet leader?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two leaders signed START-II in Moscow on 3 January 1993?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the NAM foundersRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Cold War arenasRead the answer and worked solution →Run the treaty yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the arms treatiesRead the answer and worked solution →Which blocRead the answer and worked solution →Who signed whatRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Cold War bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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US soldiers raised their flag on Iwo Jima on 23 February 1945. Where did Soviet soldiers raise theirs in May 1945?

  1. Reichstag, Berlin
  2. Eiffel Tower, Paris
  3. Kremlin, Moscow
  4. Big Ben, London
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Correct answer: A. Reichstag, Berlin

1. Two pictures symbolise victory in the Second World War. 2. The Soviet flag went up on the Reichstag in Berlin. 3. Two superpowers then emerged. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Contemporary World Politics, Chapter 1, The Cold War Era._

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In April 1961 the USA backed an invasion to overthrow which Cuban leader?

  1. Hugo Chavez
  2. Fidel Castro
  3. Che Guevara
  4. Juan Peron
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Correct answer: B. Fidel Castro

1. Cuba was a Soviet ally. 2. The USA tried to overthrow Fidel Castro in April 1961. 3. Khrushchev then placed missiles in Cuba in 1962. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Contemporary World Politics, Chapter 1, The Cold War Era._

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Which US President faced Khrushchev during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

  1. John F. Kennedy
  2. Harry Truman
  3. Richard Nixon
  4. Jimmy Carter
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Correct answer: A. John F. Kennedy

1. Soviet missiles in Cuba put the USA under close fire. 2. President John F. Kennedy wanted them removed. 3. Both sides finally avoided war. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Contemporary World Politics, Chapter 1, The Cold War Era._

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