Cold war era
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who waas the president of cuba?
fidel castro
leader of USSR?
nikita khrushchev
president of USA?
John F Kennedy
full form of USSR?
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
which idealogy was followed in cuba?
communism
what was the high point during the cold war?
cuban missile crisis
in which year did the nuclear missiles get installed in cuba?
1962
what will be considered as a hot war?
a war where weapons are used
during the cold war, both sides showed restraint. No warfare took place. true/false?
false, there were wars in several regions with the two powers and their allies involved in warfare.
what idealogies did the western alliance represent?
liberal democracy and capitalism
what idealogies did the eastern alliance represent?
socialism and communism
in which year did the second world war begin and in which year did it end?
1939-1945
which contries formed the axis powers?
germany, italy, japan
which countires formed the allied forces?
US, soviet union, britain, france
in which year did the first world war begin and in which year did it end?
1914-1918
in which year did the cold war begin? why do you think so?
1945 end of the second world war was the beginning of the cold war
the deterrence relationship prevents war and rivalry between powers. true/false?
false, it prevents war but not rivalry
the atomic bomb dropped in nagasaki was called ‘little boy’. true/false?
false, the bomb dropped on nagasaki was called ‘fat man’
the bomb dropped in hiroshima wad called ‘little boy’. true/false?
true
the world was sharply divided into two alliance systems. where did the division take place first?
europe
full form of NATO?
the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
when did NATO come into existence?
april 1949
NATO consisted of how many states?
it was an association of 12 states
when was the warsaw pact created?
1955