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Question 1
In the NSC (CAPS) curriculum, the Cold War is described as a state of hostility between the USA and the USSR that did NOT involve direct large-scale fighting between the two superpowers. Which term best describes this kind of conflict?
Correct Answer:
An ideological and proxy conflict without direct military confrontation
Question 2
Which two ideological and economic systems were in conflict during the Cold War, as studied in NSC History?
Correct Answer:
Capitalism (USA) versus Communism (USSR)
Question 3
At the end of the Second World War, the 'Big Three' Allied leaders met at Yalta (February 1945) and Potsdam (July-August 1945). These conferences are studied as part of the origins of the Cold War because they revealed growing tension over which issue?
Correct Answer:
The future of post-war Europe, especially Eastern Europe and Germany
Question 4
The Truman Doctrine (1947) committed the USA to a policy aimed at stopping the spread of communism. What is the name of this policy?
Correct Answer:
Containment
Question 5
The Marshall Plan (1948) was the US programme of economic aid to Western Europe. What was its main Cold War purpose?
Correct Answer:
To help Western European economies recover so they would resist communism
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