actions which are considered hostile towards or inconsistent with communist beliefs

a region of the world in which one state is dominant

to make someone less likely to do something, or to make something less likely to happen

The Brezhnev Doctrine

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

NATO and the Warsaw Pact

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

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

Depiction or discussion of violence or fighting, including threats of violence or the aftermath of violence.

Write the missing word. A region of the world in which one state is dominant is known as a sphere of {{}}.

What was the name of the policy used to justify the invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968?

Protecting communism at home and abroad was more important.

Protecting communism at home and abroad was equally importantly.

Protecting communism at home and abroad was less important.

What claim did Brezhnev make about the independence of individual communist countries?

Which country left the Warsaw Pact after the invasion of Czechoslovakia?

The USSR had made it clear it saw reforms as a threat.

The USSR made it clear it saw reforms as a waste of time.

The USSR made it clear that reforms were necessary.

Why did the Brezhnev Doctrine deter pressure for reform in Eastern Europe?

Soviet satellite states in Eastern Europe established

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

Write the misisng word. The {{}} Pact was an alliance of communist countries duirng the Cold War.

Whcih of the following countries did not support the Prague Spring?

How many troops invaded Czechoslovakia in August 1968?

Write the missing country name. At the same time that Czechoslovakia was invaded, the USA was busy fighting a  costly war of its own in {}}.

A meeting between Alexander Dubček and which other leader in August 1968 increased Soviet concerns that Czechoslovakia was about to leave the Warsaw Pact?

Hungary planned to leave the Warsaw Pact.

Soviets led an invasion of Czechoslovakia.

Starter Quiz