1. (a) Type questions (2 marks) (2010)Describe one decision made by the Allies about the war against Germany at the Teheran Conference, 1943. Describe one reason why the ‘hotline’ between the USA and the Soviet Union was set up. Describe one reason why the USA boycotted the Moscow Olympic Games, 1980. (2011) Describe one cause of the Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956. Describe one international reaction to the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. Describe one reaction of the USA to the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 Describe one reason why the Allies met at Yalta in February 1945. Describe one reason why the summit conference between Eisenhower and Khrushchev in May 1960 collapsed. Describe one decision made about human rights in the Helsinki agreements (1975)

2. (b) Type questions (6 marks) Briefly explain the key features of…. 2010 – Berlin Blockade, 1948 – 49. Cominform (1947) and Comecon (1949). Bay of Pigs invasion, 1961. Soviet invasion of Czechosslovakia, 1968. Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), 1987. Collapse of the Warsaw Pact in 1991. 2011 – Warsaw Pact, 1955. refugee problem in Berlin in the years 1957 – 61. Loosening Soviet grip on eastern Europe in 1989. What the Allies decided about Germany at the Potsdam conference (1945). Hungarian uprising (1956). Events of the crisis about Berlin in 1961. Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962. summit conferences between the superpowers in the years 1985 – 88. collapse of the Soviet Union in the years 1989 – 91.

3. (C) Type Questions (12 marks) ( 2010) Explain why there was an uprising in Hungary in 1956. Explain why there was a cold war flashpoint in the years 1957 – 63. Explain why relations between the USA and the USSR changed in the years 1981 – 85. (2011) Explain why relations between the USA and The USSR worsened in the years 1947 – 49. Explain why there was a crisis over Cuba in 1962 Explain why relations between the USA and the USSR changed in the years 1983 – 87. Explain why relations between the USA and USSR worsened in the years 1949 – 55. Explain why Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact forces invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968. Explain why relations between the USA and the USSR changed in the years 1979 – 83.