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S4 History: The Cold War – Practice Paper 2 (10 Questions)
S4 History: The Cold War – Practice Paper 2 (10 Questions)
Paper 2 works on figures, division of labour and sequence: the size of Marshall aid, the months and tonnage of the airlift, the thirteen days of the Cuban crisis and the membership of the Warsaw Pact, before comparing the two blocs and two East European reform movements.
Quick answer Ten items, about fifteen minutes. Items 01 to 04 cover four sets of figures you must know; items 05 to 07 cover the division of labour between the two policies and two reform movements inside the bloc; items 08 to 09 cover detente and the Afghan war; item 10 redoes the year of full US ground involvement in Vietnam.
01 Paper details (check answers afterwards)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Questions | 10 questions |
| Suggested time | 15 minutes |
| Difficulty mix | Foundation 4 · Intermediate 3 · Challenge 2 · Error redo 1 |
| Chapter | Chapter: S4 History: The Cold War – Tutor Lesson Plan |
| Level | S4 |
02 Questions (10 items)
- FoundationAbout how much aid did the Marshall Plan provide between 1948 and 1951?
- FoundationThe Berlin blockade began in June 1948. About how many months did it last?
- FoundationHow many days passed from the discovery of the missiles to the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
- FoundationHow many members did the Warsaw Pact originally have?
- IntermediateHow did the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan divide the work of containment?
- IntermediateHow did NATO and the Warsaw Pact differ in the geography of their members?
- IntermediateWhat did the 1956 Hungarian rising and the 1968 Prague Spring have in common?
- ChallengeName three concrete results of the detente of the 1970s.
- ChallengeAfter the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, what two responses did the USA make?
- Error redoA student said full US ground involvement in Vietnam began in 1955. What is the correct year?
03 Answers and one-line notes
| # | Answer | One-line note |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | About 13 billion US dollars | The money mainly rebuilt Western European industry and transport. |
| 2 | About eleven months, ending in May 1949 | The airlift carried about 2.3 million tonnes of supplies. |
| 3 | Thirteen days | During those thirteen days the two sides came close to war, the most dangerous moment of the Cold War. |
| 4 | Eight; seven after Albania left in 1968 | Members included the USSR and most Eastern European states. |
| 5 | The first gave military and financial aid against communism, the second stabilised Western Europe through economic reconstruction | The two are treated as the twin pillars of containment. |
| 6 | NATO was transatlantic and included the USA and Canada; the Warsaw Pact was confined to Eastern Europe under Soviet leadership | The different geography shaped their different strategic focus. |
| 7 | Both were reform movements inside Warsaw Pact states, crushed by Soviet-led troops | Both showed that Moscow would not tolerate reformist deviation inside the bloc. |
| 8 | SALT I in 1972, the US presidential visit to China in 1972, and the Helsinki Accords of 1975 | The three covered arms control, triangular diplomacy and European security. |
| 9 | Boycotting the 1980 Moscow Olympics and raising defence spending while aiding the Afghan resistance | The invasion effectively ended the detente of the 1970s. |
| 10 | 1965; 1955 was only the advisory stage | The difference between advisers and combat troops is the key to this item. |
04 What to do after marking
- After marking, redo only the wrong items and write down which step went wrong (formula, unit, or misread number).
- Repeat the same item two days later; move to the next paper only when both attempts are correct.
- Parents only need the answer and note columns; there is no need to explain every item.
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