Cold War A-Z

Answer these questions relating to the people, history and events of the Cold War.
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Last updated: September 26, 2018
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A) Berlin ________, American led action to relieve Berlin following Soviet land blockade.
Airlift
B) This cuban dictator wins an uncontested election in 1954.
Batista
C) This cuban dictator deposes ^^ in 1959.
Castro
D) Nixons attempted to reduce tensions with the comminist world.
Détente
E) This man is elected the 34th president if the USA.
Eisenhower
F) _________ revolution, revolution that preceeded the October revolution by the Bolsheviks.
February
G) Gorbachev announces this policy of openess and transparency.
Glasnost
H) Matyas Rakosi becomes prime minister of this country in 1952.
Hungary
I) '... An ___ _______ has descended on europe' famous quote from Winston Churchill.
Iron Curtain
J) Carlos the ______, marxist/Leninist terrorist of the 70s and 80s.
Jackal
K) This man succeeds Stalin as Secretary General of the Soviet Union.
Khrushchev
L) St Petersburg, prior to 1991.
Leningrad
M) Name of the massive US investment to rebuild Europe after WW2.
Marshall plan
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N) Egyptian president who nationalised the Suez Canal.
Nasser
O) 'Father of the atomic bomb'
Oppenheimer
P) ______ ______ period of Czechoslovakian liberalisation, soon crushed by the USSR and her allies.
Prague Spring
Q) This dynasty collapses in China leading to the civil war in which the communists prevail.
Qing
R) Hysteria in the US over the percieved tbreat by communism ___ _____.
Red scare
S) The fall of/liberation of _______, by the Peoples Army of Vietnam in 1975 marks the end of the vietnam war.
Saigon
T) Island to where the chinese nationalists fled the Peoples Army of China.
Taiwan
U) An international diplomatic crisis erupts when this spy plane is shot down over Soviet territory.
U-2
V) _________ revolution, peaceful protests that lead to the overthrow of the communist government in Czechoslovakia.
Velvet
W) _____ pact, Soviet response to the NATO alliance.
Warsaw
X) Malcolm _ prominent member of the Nation of Islam.
X
Y) ____ Gagarin, the first human in space.
Yuri
Z) Commander in chief of Soviet forces in WW2.
Zhukov
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Level 80
Sep 26, 2018
Glasnost...
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Level 82
Sep 26, 2018
Thanks
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Level 37
Sep 26, 2018
You didn't accept Khruschev.
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Level 82
Sep 27, 2018
Yea the quiz making feature has changed since I last made a quiz, it seemed that regular jetpunk autofills would happen automatically. But I'll have a look now