Cold War: General Knowledge USA Quiz.

By knowledgeterminal - January 28, 2019


 ONE: USA states GDP comparison with countries of the world






TWO: World religion map 





THREE: incident in USA

1636

Foundation of Harvard University the first USA institution for higher education


FOUR: incident outside USA

1760 to 1820

Industrial Revolution was the adaptation of manufacturing techniques to enhance and speed up production in Europe and USA.

FIVE: Cold War Facts

1.       There was no direct military conflict between USA and the USSR (Soviat Union) in Europe but rather they fought to retain allies to their sides
2.       George Orwell the author coined the term “Cold War”
3.       Beginnings: In May 1945 at the end of World War II when the German Nazi army surrendered, relation between the allies United States and Soviet Union became bitter
4.       Russia had communist government. Whichever country they freed they in eastern Europe put communist governments there. USA was skeptical of eastern European domination under Russian influence.
5.       By 1948 cold war started. In this period the Soviets unsuccessfully blockaded the Western-held sectors of West Berlin (1948–49)
6.       The term Iron Curtain was used by Winston Churchill in a speech in 1946 signified the physical border which separated Europe into two parts
7.       USA and its European allies in 1949 signed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) intergovernmental military treaty to repel the Russian dominance in Europe
8.       In response the Russians signed Warsaw Pact with seven Soviet satellite states in 1955   and in 1949 developed their first atomic bomb
9.       Communists in China overthrew the government and took over and they became allies of Russia in 1949.
10.   In 1950 North Korea which was Soviet-supported attacked South Korea (U.S.-supported) leading to Korean war
11.   in 1954 “under God” was supplemented to the Pledge of Allegiance as Soviets were atheist and against theist
12.   In 1962 the Russians placed missiles in Cuba to threat USA of nuclear attacks leading to Cuban missile crisis
13.   Russains fought for communist government in East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary Afghanistan USA wanted to overthrow governments in Guatemala, Cuba. Vietnam war was part of the Cold war
14.   The relation between Russia and China became bitter after 1956
15.   The Berlin wall constructed to prevent the migration of intellectual people from the Russian supported East Germany to the USA supported West Germany fell down leading to the unification of Germany in 1989
16.   End of Cold War: 1991 when USSR collapsed into 15 nation

SIX: quiz

Q: What is the full form of TCP/IP and FORTRAN?

A: transmission control protocol / Internet protocol and Formula Translator

         


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