In what year did the Korean War begin?
1950
1962
1970
Which parallel divided Korean into North and South?
17th
14th
38th
Which organisation organised intervention in the Korean War?
United Nations
League of Nations
NATO
In the context of the Cold War, what does the acronym MAD stand for?
Must Act Dumb
Mutually Assured Destruction
Many Assumed Dead
In 1961 what did the US President John F Kennedy challenge the USA to do by the end of the decade?
Eliminate communism for good
Fly past Mars
Put a man on the moon
What was the objective of NATO?
To share intelligence
To resist an attack by the USSR on the USA or its Allies
To create a free trade area
What was the name of the organisation set up by the Soviet Union to unite the countries of Eastern Europe in a defence pact?
The Warsaw Pact
The Moscow Pact
The Prague Pact
In which year was the Hungarian Uprising?
1966
1956
What was U2 in the context of the Cold War?
A Soviet rock band
An atomic bomb
A spy plane
What was to have been discussed at the Paris Summit in May 1960?
An exchange of spies
A Test Ban Treaty
The Space Race