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S4 History: The Cold War – Practice Paper 4 (10 Questions)
S4 History: The Cold War – Practice Paper 4 (10 Questions)
Paper 4 pulls the chapter together: the bipolar order, Comecon and the satellite states, then why Washington turned to containment in 1947, what Suez revealed about the shift of power and the three baskets of Helsinki, before comparing Korea with Cuba, testing the no-clash claim and assessing the Marshall Plan.
Quick answer Ten items, about eighteen minutes. Items 01 to 03 cover three core concepts; items 04 to 06 cover causes and changes in the international order; items 07 to 09 are comparison and evaluation and need evidence; item 10 redoes the purpose of the Berlin Wall.
01 Paper details (check answers afterwards)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Questions | 10 questions |
| Suggested time | 18 minutes |
| Difficulty mix | Foundation 3 · Intermediate 3 · Challenge 3 · Error redo 1 |
| Chapter | Chapter: S4 History: The Cold War – Tutor Lesson Plan |
| Level | S4 |
02 Questions (10 items)
- FoundationThe Cold War is described as a bipolar order. What does that mean?
- FoundationThe Council for Mutual Economic Assistance was set up in 1949 in response to which Western measure?
- FoundationWhat were the Soviet satellite states?
- IntermediateWhy did the USA move from post-war cooperation to containment in 1947?
- IntermediateHow did the Suez Crisis of 1956 reflect the shift of power under the Cold War?
- IntermediateWhat were the three baskets of the 1975 Helsinki Accords?
- ChallengeCompare how the Korean War and the Cuban Missile Crisis affected the escalation of the Cold War.
- ChallengeIs it correct to say the USA and the USSR never had a military clash during the Cold War?
- ChallengeAssess how large a part the Marshall Plan played in dividing Europe.
- Error redoA student said the Berlin Wall was built by East Germany to stop a West German invasion. What was its real purpose?
03 Answers and one-line notes
| # | Answer | One-line note |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two blocs led by the two superpowers, the USA and the USSR, dominated world order | A pole is a centre of power, so bipolar means two rival centres. |
| 2 | The Marshall Plan, together with Western Europe’s economic cooperation body | Comecon tied Eastern Europe into the Soviet economy, creating a rival economic bloc. |
| 3 | Pro-Soviet regimes set up in Eastern Europe after the war that followed Moscow in foreign and military policy | Hungary, Poland and Czechoslovakia are usually counted among them. |
| 4 | Soviet-backed regimes in Eastern Europe, the Greek civil war crisis, and Britain no longer able to carry Mediterranean defence | The three pressures together turned American policy from withdrawal to long-term engagement in Europe. |
| 5 | Britain and France withdrew under American and Soviet pressure, showing the old European powers could no longer act alone | It also showed that Washington and Moscow now set the terms of world order. |
| 6 | European security and borders, economic and technical cooperation, and humanitarian and human rights | The human rights basket was later used by dissidents in Eastern Europe. |
| 7 | Korea militarised NATO and drove rearmament; Cuba produced the hotline and arms control, pushing both sides towards crisis management | Rearmament and crisis management grew side by side in the same period. |
| 8 | Not fully: they never declared war, but fought through proxy wars and had repeated air and naval confrontations | Avoiding open war is a different claim from avoiding confrontation. |
| 9 | It was a catalyst rather than the sole cause: the aid made the dividing line concrete, but Soviet security fears and ideological rivalry already existed | A judgement must state both the reach and the limits of the factor. |
| 10 | To stop East Germans fleeing to the West through West Berlin, a barrier against population loss | Official justification and actual function often differ for the same structure. |
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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