Chapter 10 - Cold War

Question 1

What was the first satellite to orbit the Earth?

Answer 1

Sputnik I

Question 2

When was NASA set up?

Answer 2

July 1958

Question 3

Who was the first man and what year to go into space?

Answer 3

Yuri Gagarin in 1961

Question 4

First satellite to orbit the moon?

Answer 4

Luna 10 1966

Question 5

What was Flopnik?

Answer 5

December 1957 - Failed attempt at launching a satellite to orbit the Earth

Question 6

What was Sputnik I?

Answer 6

October 1957 - first satellite to orbit the Earth - successful launch

Question 7

What was the Gaither report?

Answer 7

concerning strategy to prepare against the perceived threat of a nuclear attack from the Soviet Union.

Question 8

When did the USSR create it’s first ICBM?

Answer 8

1958 was the successful launch

Question 9

What did the Missile Gap state?

Answer 9

report saying that the USA were behind in the USSR in the nuclear arms race

Question 10

What was the dog that went into space?

Answer 10

Laika

Question 11

What did Khrushchev try to achieve with Berlin?

Answer 11

End of ‘brain drain’ of East Germans fleeing to the West
Ensure West not to undermined East Germany and to recognize it

Question 12

What did Khrushchev think after the Vienna summit in 1961?

Answer 12

Thinking about essentially bullying Kennedy

Question 13

What was Khrushchev’s first ultimatums?

Answer 13

November 1958
withdrawal of west troops from West Berlin
Declare Berlin on free city
western powers to recognize GDR
Had 6 months to agree

Question 14

How many refugees fled on the 12th August 1961 from East Berlin?

Answer 14

40,000

Question 15

Who was the East German leader at the time of the Berlin Crisis?

Answer 15

Walter Ulbricht

Question 16

When was the Berlin Wall starting to be installed?

Answer 16

13th August 1961

Question 17

When was the Checkpoint Charlie incident?

Answer 17

27th October 1961

Question 18

What actions did Khrushchev take after Vienna?

Answer 18

Renewed the ultimatum

Question 19

What was the positive aspect of building the Berlin Wall?

Answer 19

Made the region stable

Question 20

How many East Germans died in the first 12 months of the wall being built?

Answer 20

50

Question 21

When did the US create it’s first lithium H-Bomb?

Answer 21

March 1954

Question 22

By 1960 how many ICBMs did both sides have?

Answer 22

295 - USA
75 - USSR

Question 23

What was the Hallstein Doctrine?

Answer 23

FRG refuses to maintain diplomatic relations with States that recognize the existence of the GDR, with the exception of the USSR.

Question 24

How many fled East Germany in 1953?

Answer 24

300,000