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39 exam-style questions on A Level: The globalisation of the Cold War, 1950-1975 (exams to Nov 2026), each with the answer and a short explanation. Ten of them are below to try. The chapter test draws ten fresh questions each time and is marked the moment you finish, with your score by topic.
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What chapter 6 covers The death of Stalin and peaceful coexistence 9 questions Crises in Europe: Hungary, Berlin and the Prague Spring 10 questions The Cold War in Asia: Korea and Vietnam 11 questions The Cuban Missile Crisis 9 questions Ten A Level: The globalisation of the Cold War, 1950-1975 (exams to Nov 2026) questions with answers Try each one, then open the answer. These ten stay the same; the test draws new ones every time.
1. What was the 'domino theory'?A the idea that if one state fell to communism, its neighbours would follow
B a plan to unite South-East Asia under a UN mandate
C the Soviet plan for spreading revolution through Asia by armed uprisings
D a French plan to hold Indochina by building a chain of fortified bases
Show answer Answer: A. Eisenhower popularised the idea in 1954. It was used to justify US involvement in Vietnam.
2. What was Nixon's policy of 'Vietnamisation'?A handing the fighting to South Vietnamese forces as US troops left
B sending more US troops to Vietnam to win the war before the 1972 election
C negotiating directly with China to end the war in Vietnam
D uniting Vietnam under a neutral government chosen by elections
Show answer Answer: A. US troop numbers fell steadily from 1969, while bombing continued. The Paris Peace Accords followed in January 1973.
3. What happened at the Bay of Pigs in April 1961?A Soviet missiles were first photographed
B a CIA-backed invasion by Cuban exiles failed
C Castro seized power from Batista
D the USA began a naval blockade of Cuba and its ports
Show answer Answer: B. The failure embarrassed Kennedy and pushed Castro closer to the USSR. Castro had taken power in 1959.
4. Which US deployment near the USSR did Khrushchev see as a parallel to missiles in Cuba?A Jupiter missiles in Turkey
B bombers in Japan
C troops in West Berlin
D Polaris submarines in the Baltic
Show answer Answer: A. US Jupiter missiles in Turkey could reach the USSR. Their removal later became part of the secret settlement.
5. What was the outcome of the Korean War in 1953?A Korea was reunited under the South after the UN advance to the Yalu
B an armistice left Korea divided close to the 38th parallel
C Korea was reunited under the North
D Korea came under UN trusteeship pending elections
Show answer Answer: B. The Panmunjom armistice of July 1953 ended the fighting. No peace treaty was signed.
6. Why did Truman dismiss General MacArthur in April 1951?A MacArthur publicly pressed to widen the war to China
B MacArthur lost the battle of Inchon and the port of Pusan
C MacArthur refused to cross the 38th parallel as ordered
D MacArthur negotiated a secret peace with North Korea without authority
Show answer Answer: A. Truman wanted a limited war. MacArthur's public calls to attack China challenged civilian control of policy.
7. What was Eisenhower's 'Open Skies' proposal at the Geneva Summit of 1955?A a plan for civilian air travel between the blocs
B a ban on all nuclear tests in the atmosphere and in space
C a proposal to share space technology
D mutual aerial inspection of each side's military sites
Show answer Answer: D. Khrushchev rejected Open Skies as a spying plan. The summit improved the atmosphere but produced few agreements.
8. What step by Imre Nagy in November 1956 led to the Soviet crushing of the Hungarian Uprising?A inviting UN observers and US troops into Budapest to protect it
B announcing Hungary's withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact
C executing the former leader Rákosi
D declaring war on the Soviet Union
Show answer Answer: B. Leaving the Warsaw Pact threatened Soviet security in Eastern Europe. Soviet tanks crushed the rising, and Nagy was later executed.
9. What was the main idea of Eisenhower's 'New Look' defence policy?A relying on nuclear deterrence to cut the cost of conventional forces
B a large increase in US ground forces stationed in Western Europe and Korea
C withdrawing all US forces from Asia after the Korean War
D sharing nuclear technology with allies to reduce US costs
Show answer Answer: A. The New Look aimed at 'more bang for the buck', backed by the threat of massive retaliation.
10. Which agreement of 1963 followed the Cuban Missile Crisis?A the Non-Proliferation Treaty
B the Partial Test Ban Treaty
C SALT I
D the Helsinki Final Act
Show answer Answer: B. The Partial Test Ban Treaty of August 1963 banned tests in the atmosphere, in space and underwater. The NPT came in 1968.
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Read the notes for this chapter Ways to practise this chapter Chapter test. Ten questions from A Level: The globalisation of the Cold War, 1950-1975 (exams to Nov 2026), drawn fresh each time, about ten minutes.Practice mode. The right answer and the explanation after every question, with no clock. Exam mode keeps the marks until the end and runs a timer.Hints. One tap for a nudge, a second to remove two wrong options.My mistakes. Every question you get wrong is kept, and leaves the list once you get it right.Formula sheet. All A Level History rules on one page .A Level: The globalisation of the Cold War, 1950-1975 (exams to Nov 2026): questions students ask How many A Level: The globalisation of the Cold War, 1950-1975 (exams to Nov 2026) MCQs are there? 39, each with the answer and a short explanation, across 4 topics: The death of Stalin and peaceful coexistence, Crises in Europe: Hungary, Berlin and the Prague Spring, The Cold War in Asia: Korea and Vietnam, The Cuban Missile Crisis. Every chapter test draws ten of them, so you can take it many times.
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