The Cold War 1948-1960 - OCR A test questions - OCR A

1

In what year did the Korean War begin?

2

Which parallel divided Korean into North and South?

3

Which organisation organised intervention in the Korean War?

4

In the context of the Cold War, what does the acronym MAD stand for?

5

In 1961 what did the US President John F Kennedy challenge the USA to do by the end of the decade?

6

What was the objective of NATO?

7

What was the name of the organisation set up by the Soviet Union to unite the countries of Eastern Europe in a defence pact?

8

In which year was the Hungarian Uprising?

9

What was U2 in the context of the Cold War?

10

What was to have been discussed at the Paris Summit in May 1960?