| Question | Answer |
| 1. Define ‘ideology’: | 111
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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 |
