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QR Challenge: Cold War

Question	Answer
1. Define ‘ideology’:	111
2. Define ‘communism’:	111
3. Define ‘capitalism’:	111
4. Which two superpowers emerged after WWII?	Russia and USA
5. Explain the main basis of power of these two superpowers:	FSF
6. Why was Poland a significant country to control from the point of view of these two superpowers?	111
7. Outline three ways a communist society and a capitalist society differ:	111
8. What was the ‘Iron Curtain’?	111
9. Who developed the idea of the Iron Curtain?	111
10. Explain the policy of containment, including explanations of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan:	111
11. What is NATO?	111
12. What is the Warsaw Pact?	111
13. How was Germany divided after WWII?	111
14. What was the Berlin Blockade?	111
15. Why was a wall built around West Berlin by the USSR?	111
16. Explain the division of Korea in 1949:	111
17. Outline the key stages of the Korean War:	111
18. Who was General MacArthur?	111
19. Why was MacArthur sacked by Truman?	111
20. Who was Senator McCarthy?	111
21. What was the Red Scare?	111
22. How did McCarthy use the Red Scare for political gain?	111
23. At what stage did McCarthy cross the line in his accusations?	111
24. Who was a key opponent of McCarthy in the media?	111
25. Why were media personalities in particular fearful of opposing McCarthy’s methods?	111
26. Who was the President of the USA when the Cold War finished?	111