Development of the Cold War quiz: the arms race, the Korean War, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War (O-Level Elective History) quiz

A race to remove all nuclear weapons

A sporting contest

The competition between the superpowers to build more and more powerful nuclear weapons

A race to colonise the Moon only

Attacking first to win quickly

Sharing weapons with all countries

Disarming completely

The idea that having enough nuclear weapons to destroy the enemy would discourage the enemy from attacking

A nuclear war would devastate both sides, so neither dared start one

Only one side would be destroyed

Nuclear weapons were harmless

Both sides agreed to attack at once

Into three equal communist states

Into a communist North and a non-communist South

It remained fully united

Into British and French zones

The United States helped North Korea spread communism

No outside powers became involved

The United States and the United Nations intervened to resist the communist invasion of South Korea

The Soviet Union invaded the United States

Britain

Japan

France

Communist China

With an armistice in 1953 that left Korea divided near the original line by a demilitarised zone

With the conquest of all Korea by the North

With the reunification of Korea under the South

With a Soviet victory parade in Washington

To attack Cuba

To strengthen its position against the United States and defend communist Cuba

To support the United States

To end the Cold War

By a full-scale nuclear war

By the United States invading the Soviet Union

The Soviets removed the missiles in return for an American pledge not to invade Cuba and a secret removal of American missiles from Turkey

By Cuba joining the United States

The Cold War ended immediately

It united the two superpowers into one country

It started the arms race

It led to steps to reduce the risk of nuclear war, such as better communication between the superpowers

The fear that if one country fell to communism, neighbouring countries would follow

The idea that nuclear weapons were like dominoes

A board game played by leaders

The belief that communism could never spread

Because it had no military forces

Because it faced a determined guerrilla enemy, supported an unpopular ally and lost public support at home

Because the Soviet Union invaded the United States

Because Vietnam had no people

South Vietnam conquered the North

Vietnam joined NATO

The United States withdrew and Vietnam was reunified under communism

The war is still ongoing

List random facts in any order

Avoid mentioning any results

Describe only the weapons used

Use causes, course and consequences, then weigh factors to reach a judgement