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CCEA GCSE History International Relations 1945 to 2003 quiz

15questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. What was the Cold War?

  2. Why did the wartime alliance break down?

  3. Why was West Berlin vulnerable to a Soviet blockade?

  4. How did the West respond to the Berlin Blockade?

  5. What military alliance did the West form in 1949?

  6. What was the policy of containment?

  7. How did the Korean War end in 1953?

  8. What triggered the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962?

  9. How was the Cuban Missile Crisis resolved?

  10. Name a consequence of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

  11. Why did the USA fail in Vietnam?

  12. What was detente in the 1970s?

  13. Who became Soviet leader in 1985 and launched reforms?

  14. What were glasnost and perestroika?

  15. What happened to the Soviet Union in 1991?