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1. 
Who was the US President during the Yalta Conference?
A.
Harry Truman
B.
John F. Kennedy
C.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
D.
Lyndon B. Johnson
2. 
Which term was coined by Chuchill to describe the split of Europe into two blocs?
A.
Iron Wall
B.
Iron Curtain
C.
Iron Border
D.
Iron Frontier
3. 
What was the Allied response to the Soviet Blockade of Berlin?
A.
the Berlin Airlift
B.
a military attack
C.
a conference
D.
a negotiation
4. 
The Truman Doctrine was based in the idea of...
A.
Coexistence
B.
Retaliation
C.
Containment
D.
Pacifism
5. 
Who was the North Korean dictator during the Korean War?
A.
Mao Zedong
B.
Kim Jong Il
C.
Kim Jong Un
D.
Kim Il Sung
6. 
What was the name of the military alliance of the Western Bloc countries?
A.
Warsaw Pact
B.
NATO
C.
EEC
D.
COMECON
7. 
Who took the power in the Soviet Union after Stalin's death?
A.
Leonid Brezhnev
B.
Nikita Khruschev
C.
Yuri Andropov
D.
Mikhail Gorbachev
8. 
Which Eastern Bloc country was invaded by the Soviet Army in 1956 after a popular uprising and a revolutionary movement?
A.
Poland
B.
Czechoslovakia
C.
Romania
D.
Hungary
9. 
Which conflict happened in the Middle East in 1956?
A.
Suez Crisis
B.
Lebanon War
C.
Six-Day War
D.
Yom Kippur War
10. 
Who took the power in Cuba in 1959?
A.
Fulgencio Batista
B.
Ernesto "Che" Guevara
C.
Fidel Castro
D.
Daniel Ortega
11. 
Which failed attempt of invasion of Cuba took place in 1961?
A.
Bay of Pigs
B.
Guantánamo Bay
C.
Santiago Bay
D.
Malecón Bay
12. 
How long the Cuban Missile Crisis lasted?
A.
1 year
B.
2 months
C.
3 weeks
D.
13 days
13. 
When was the Berlin Wall constructed?
A.
April, 1961
B.
August, 1961
C.
August, 1962
D.
May, 1964
14. 
Which president of the US said in a famous speech "I'm a Berliner"?
A.
Dwight Eisenhower
B.
John F. Kennedy
C.
Lyndon B. Johnson
D.
Richard Nixon
15. 
Which incident caused the American intervention in Vietnam?
A.
Annan Incident
B.
Taiwan Incident
C.
Tonkin Gulf Incident
D.
Mekong Incident
16. 
How was called the 1968 process of reforms in Czechoslovakia?
A.
Velvet Revolution
B.
Czech Pride
C.
Prague Spring
D.
Czech Dawn
17. 
Which country was invaded by Soviet troops in 1979?
A.
Kazakhstan
B.
Iran
C.
Pakistan
D.
Afghanistan
18. 
What was the name of the program of economic and political reform in the Soviet Union begun by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986?
A.
Nomenklatura
B.
Glasnost
C.
Perestroika
D.
Uskoreniye
19. 
What president of the US challenged Gorbachev to "tear down this wall" in Berlin?
A.
Gerald Ford
B.
Jimmy Carter
C.
Ronald Reagan
D.
George Bush
20. 
When did the Berlin Wall fall down?
A.
July, 1987
B.
November, 1989
C.
May, 1989
D.
October, 1990