an agreement between countries or political parties to work together to achieve something

something that causes a lot of disagreement or argument

the process of supplying yourself or others with new weapons, especially in order to become a strong military power again

NATO and the Warsaw Pact

History

Early causes of tension between the USA and the USSR

The impact of the atomic bomb

Soviet influence over Eastern Europe

The Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan

The Berlin Crisis, 1948-9

The origins of the Cold War, 1941-58

The growth of communism in China

The ‘loss’ of China and the Cold War

Outbreak of the Korean War

Consequences of the Korean War

The collapse of French Indochina

US involvement in the Vietnam War

Khrushchev and peaceful coexistence

The nuclear arms race

The Space Race

Hungary and Soviet power in Eastern Europe

The U2 Crisis

Construction of the Berlin Wall

The Cuban Revolution and its consequences

The Bay of Pigs Invasion

Initial stages of the Cuban Missile Crisis

The 13 Days of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Consequences of the Cuban Missile Crisis

The Prague Spring

International responses to the Prague Spring

The Brezhnev Doctrine

Tensions between the superpowers by the late-1960s

The reasons for Détente

Détente and SALT 1

In this unit pupils undergo a wider depth study which tells a story about a period that shaped the world we live in today: the Cold War. They look at the key events, developments, people and stories that defined the international relations in this Cold War period.

Wider Depth Study - Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945–1972

Depiction of war, threats of war, death or the aftermath of war.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Write the missing word. An {{}} is an agreement between countries or political parties to work together to achieve something.

Which superpower was a member of the Warsaw Pact?

Write the missing word. The USA was a member of {{}}.

It feared West German economic competition.

Why did France initially oppose West German membership of NATO?

Which of the following was a characteristic of most Warsaw Pact member states?

Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.

Write the missing word. Sputnik 1 was a Soviet {{}}.

Which country sent the first woman into space?

Which country won the 'Race to the Moon'?

Why did JFK plan to land a man on the Moon?

NATO and the Warsaw Pact

Lesson outcome

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