Revision Menu – The Cold War (CIE/IB)

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This pack focuses on the Cold War, includes space for student notes, and includes revision content for the following topics:

Why did the USA-USSR alliance breakdown?
How had USSR gained control of Eastern Europe?
How did the USA react to Soviet expansionism?
What were the consequences of the Berlin Blockade?
Who was more to blame for starting the Cold War: the USA or the USSR?
America and events in Korea
America and events in Cuba
American involvement in Vietnam
Why was there opposition to Soviet control in Hungary and Czechoslovakia, and how did the USSR react to this opposition?
How similar were events in Hungary and in Czechoslovakia ?
Why was the Berlin Wall built in ?
What was the significance of Solidarity in Poland for the decline of Soviet influence in Eastern Europe?
How far was Gorbachev personally responsible for the collapse of Soviet control over Eastern Europe?