Over which two Japanese cities were atomic bombs dropped in 1945?
Hiroshima and Tokyo
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Nagasaki and Pyongyang
Why did the dropping of atomic bombs lead to tension between the superpowers?
Stalin did not inform Truman he was going to use them
Truman did not inform Churchill he was going to use them
Truman did not inform Stalin he was going to use them
When did the USA and the USSR detonate their first hydrogen bombs?
1950
1953
1956
Why did Stalin want to create a geographical buffer between Germany and Russia?
To act as a staging area in case Russia wanted to invade in the future
To prevent Germany being able to invade Russia so easily in the future
To exploit the countries of Eastern Europe
What was the aim behind the Truman Doctrine?
To contain communism
To re-introduce democracy to countries which had become communist
To spread democracy into Russia
What alliance was established in 1955?
The Warsaw Pact
NATO
SEATO
How did the Americans decide to combat the Berlin Blockade of 1948-9?
By supplying the west of the city by road
By supplying the west of the city by canal
By supplying the west of the city by air
Who led the northern forces in the Korean War?
Kim Il Sung
Syngman Rhee
Kim-Jong Un
Which country sent soldiers to help the northern forces in Korea?
USSR
China
Vietnam