Cold War

1. The Cold War began after what major conflict?

2. Who was the first to use the term "Cold War"?

3. The Cold War was a conflict mainly between the United States and which other nation?

4. What incident in 1962 almost started World War III?

5. The Bay of Pigs invasion was a failed US landing operation on which country in 1961?

6. Which US President ordered the Bay of Pigs invasion?

7. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

8. Who was president of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

9. The Korean War was a war between North Korea and which other country?

10. What country entered the side of North Korea in Korean War and changed the course of the war?

11. The Vietnam War was fought between North and South Vietnam. Who was the major supporter of the South?

12. Vietnam was a colony of what country prior to World War II?

13. How long was the Vietnam War?

14. Who was the president of North Vietnam, during most of the Vietnam War?

15. Who were the two major backers of the north in the Vietnam War?

16. Who became US president, and continued the escalation of the Vietnam War, after Kennedy's assassination?

17. The North won the war with the fall of what city in South Vietnam?

18. What country controlled the zone where the capital city of Berlin was located during Cold War?

19. The Soviet Union subscribed to what political ideology during Cold War?

20. Who played chess in the Match of the Century in the middle of Cold War in 1972?

21. When was Berlin Wall constructed?

22. The Iron Curtain divided Europe into two separate areas from 1945 until 1991. Which country was not behind the curtain?

23. Who was the first chairman of Non-Aligned Movement established in 1961?

24. Who was the military leader of Cuba who Fidel Castro overthrew in his revolution?

25. As a part of the Space Race during Cold War which country first put a manned spacecraft into orbit?

26. Who was the Soviet leader whose policies contributed to the dissolution of the USSR and the end of the Cold War?

27. Who was the first President of Russia after the break up of USSR?