AQA GCSE History Conflict and Tension Practice Test

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• What was the primary effect of the NATO alliance and the Warsaw Pact on Europe during the early Cold War?
• What did the fall of the Berlin Wall symbolize?
• What did the Brezhnev Doctrine state about Soviet intervention?
• Which reform is associated with Mikhail Gorbachev and contributed to the end of the Cold War?
• How did the space race reflect Cold War competition and influence policy?
• How did this bring appeasement to an end?
• Which countries were not invited to the conference?
• Which of the following provided Poland with access to the sea?
• Which of the following pairs represents social issues the League aimed to address?
• Which term describes the 1939 agreement between Germany and the USSR?
• What was the Stresa Front?
• The Locarno Pact of 1925 was primarily a treaty between which two nations to secure peace in Western Europe?
• Which were the four permanent members of the League's Council?
• What did Khrushchev's 'Secret Speech' (1956) reveal and how did it affect Eastern Europe?
• What is the significance of the INF Treaty signed in 1987?
• Where is Abyssinia located in modern terms?
• In 1935, Hitler signed a deal with Britain that limited the size of Germany's navy. What was the agreement called?
• What did the Marshall Plan do?
• What did the Helsinki Accords include regarding borders and rights, and how did this affect dissidents?
• Which two countries signed the Nazi-Soviet Pact?
• In 1934, Hitler signed a 10-year non-aggression pact with which country?
• Which of the following reflects the League's approach to moral condemnation?
• What did this deal allow Hitler to do, knowing he wouldn't be opposed?
• The Abyssinia Crisis occurred in which region?
• What did Stalin suspect Britain and France were trying to do?
• Which of the following was a weakness of the League of Nations?
• What did the Berlin Airlift demonstrate?
• Which country is most associated with the policy of appeasement in the 1930s?
• How had Hitler changed his view by the second meeting?
• During which years did the Manchuria Crisis unfold?
• How many soldiers were allowed in the German army under the Versailles settlement?
• Which statement about Versailles military restrictions is accurate?
• What did the suppression of the Prague Spring reveal about détente and Soviet control?
• When was NATO formed and what was its purpose?
• What was the public part of the Nazi-Soviet pact?
• What were the terms and significance of the Partial Test Ban Treaty of 1963?
• What is the INF Treaty (1987) and its impact?
• Abyssinia corresponds to which modern-day country?
• What percentage of Austrians voted yes to joining Austria and Germany?
• Which country invaded Manchuria in 1931?
• In 1933, Hitler pulled Germany out of which two international agreements or bodies?
• What is Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) and why central to deterrence?
• What is the War Guilt clause?
• How were the League's decisions made?
• What was the result of the conference?
• What term describes the policy of giving in to the aggressor's demands to avoid war?
• How was the Cuban Missile Crisis resolved?
• What justification did Hitler use for claiming Sudetenland?
• Which statement best reflects the overall aim of détente between the US and USSR?
• What word denotes the union between Germany and Austria, and in what year did it occur?
• What were the consequences of the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 for US-Cuba relations?
• In 1936, which event demonstrated Germany's willingness to violate Versailles terms by moving into the Rhineland?
• How did Germany get the Saar Land back?
• What were the years of the Abyssinia Crisis?
• Name the canal through Egypt.
• Which event marked the definitive end of the Cold War?
• What was the name of the committee set up by the League of Nations to investigate the Manchuria Crisis?
• Which country was NOT among the four powers at the conference?
• Which statement about the League's Council composition is true?
• What factors contributed to Reagan's hardline stance in the late 1980s?
• Why was the arms race pivotal in this era?
• What were the three stages of taking action against an aggressive country?
• What was the ABM Treaty of 1972 and its significance?
• How did economic stagnation in the USSR contribute to the Cold War's end?
• Lebensraum refers to Hitler's aim to gain territory in which region?
• What is 'self-determination'?
• What was the Non-Aligned Movement?
• Could Germany have submarines under the Versailles terms?
• The Anti-Comintern Pact was an alliance between Germany and which country?
• What broader consequence did the Berlin Crisis have for Cold War relations?
• The Axis alliance consisted of which three countries?
• What caused the Berlin Blockade (1948-49)?
• What is a diktat?
• What were the aims and features of détente during the late 1960s and 1970s?
• Which countries were the 'four powers'?
• As German troops entered the Rhineland, what order did Hitler give if France resisted?
• During the Cold War, how did decolonization interact with superpower rivalry?
• Japan renamed Manchuria to what?
• The Lytton Committee was set up by which organization?
• Which two countries had a dispute over the Aaland Islands in 1920?
• What was the significance of the launch of Sputnik in 1957 for international policy?
• What were Gorbachev reforms of perestroika and glasnost and how did they affect East-West relations?
• In which year did Hitler form the Rome-Berlin Axis with Mussolini?
• The Stresa Front was formed by which three countries?
• Which statement best defines self-determination?
• What were the effects of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (1979) on Cold War relations?
• Which leader represented Britain at the Versailles Peace Conference?
• Where was the second meeting between Chamberlain and Hitler?
• What was the broader purpose of the direct line between Washington and Moscow?
• Name some Cold War proxy wars and what they reveal about East-West competition.
• What is the correct order of the three stages of taking action against an aggressive country?
• When was the Treaty of Versailles signed?
• Which of the following statements describes economic sanctions?
• What was the U-2 incident (1960) and what impact did it have on Cold War diplomacy?
• What is brinkmanship, and how did it function during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
• What did the Truman Doctrine aim to achieve?
• In 1934 Hitler tried to join Germany up with which country?
• Who was the Austrian Chancellor that Hitler pressured out of power?
• What is the name of the partnership between Germany and Japan established in 1936?
• Which policies contributed to the loosening of Soviet control over Eastern Europe in the 1980s?
• What did Hitler do six months after taking the Sudetenland?
• Who were the Big Three at the Versailles Peace Conference?
• What is the Helsinki Accords (1975) and why were they significant?
• What was the reaction to Chamberlain when he arrived back in Britain?
• What best describes the difference between NATO and the Warsaw Pact?
• Which European leader was associated with the Abyssinia Crisis?
• Which British Prime Minister is especially associated with appeasement?
• What happened in the Hungarian Uprising of 1956, and what did it reveal about Soviet power?
• Which two countries were banned from joining the League, creating the impression of a 'winner's club'?
• What pact did Germany and USSR make, and when was it signed?
• Which sequence correctly describes the events leading to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
• Why was it a major problem that USA did not join the League?
• What did the British people want from Germany?
• Which country was the primary target of the post-war settlement discussed at Versailles?
• What was Woodrow Wilson's attitude towards Germany?
• Which leader represented the United States at the Versailles Peace Conference?
• What was the first action taken by Hitler in foreign policy?
• What role did back-channel diplomacy play in resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis?
• The Polish Guarantee promised Britain and France would help Poland if it was attacked by which country?
• What deal had Britain and France offered to Poland earlier in 1939?
• Which factor limited the effectiveness of the League of Nations?
• What is collective security?
• What factors pressed the Soviet system in the late 1980s?
• Which statement best captures the long-term outcome of the nuclear arms control efforts (SALT I, INF, Helsinki)?
• The 1935 agreement restricted the German Navy to what percentage of the size of the British Royal Navy?
• The Rome-Berlin Axis of 1936 was formed by which two leaders?
• Which event occurred first chronologically?
• In 1925, Greece invaded which country and had to pay compensation?
• David Lloyd George publicly went along with this, but what did he actually think should happen?
• Why was the Marshall Plan controversial from the Soviet viewpoint?
• Which American city hosted the 1921-22 Arms Conference?
• Describe how space exploration was used for propaganda and policy in the Cold War.
• What was the USSR's attitude toward Hitler and Nazism?
• Which major country seemed an obvious ally for Britain and France and why?
• The Aaland Islands dispute occurred in which year?
• Which description matches Italy's actions in the 1930s regarding Abyssinia and its international alignment?
• Compare the aims of the Truman Doctrine and the Brezhnev Doctrine.
• How many countries were involved in the Kellogg-Briand Pact?
• What was the name of the peaceful 1925 agreement between France and Germany?
• What caused the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 and what was the outcome?
• Which Greek island did Italy threaten in 1923?
• What was the main outcome of the Berlin Crisis around 1961-62?
• How did the leadership change from Khrushchev to Brezhnev influence Cold War policy?
• Which event occurred first in Hitler's early foreign policy moves?
• How often did the Assembly meet?
• What is the aim of appeasement?
• What happened during the Prague Spring and its aftermath?
• How did the Helsinki Accords influence human rights advocacy?
• Which diseases did the League try to tackle?
• When did Britain declare war on Germany?
• Which territory was ceded from Germany as part of Versailles?
• Where was the meeting where Hitler promised a plebiscite for the Sudetenland people?
• In 1935, Hitler reintroduced conscription to rebuild his army. What was this policy called?
• Which leader represented France at the Versailles Peace Conference?
• Hitler remilitarised a region in 1936, reversing restrictions from Versailles. Which region was it?
• Having taken the Sudetenland, what did Hitler do half a year later?
• What was one strategic concern in the United States following the launch of Sputnik?
• How did the Marshall Plan influence Western Europe and Cold War dynamics?
• How did propaganda shape Cold War perceptions in the US and USSR?
• Why didn't Britain and France ally with the USSR?
• Which statement about the Versailles settlement is true?
• In which city did the Four Powers Conference take place?
• What was the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928 primarily about?
• What was the worldwide association of nations that Wilson wanted to set up named?
• Which Allied country suffered the most in WW1?
• Who was the leader of Austrian Nazis who helped Hitler out and later became the new leader of Austria?
• What made Czechoslovakia different from the other territories Hitler had taken over?
• Where and when was the final Four Powers Conference held?
• What was the purpose and significance of the 'hotline' between Washington and Moscow?
• Hitler chose this period to remilitarise the Rhineland because the international community was distracted by what crisis?
• Which of the following was among Hitler's aims in foreign policy?
• What was the purpose of major summit meetings such as Geneva (1955) and Paris (1960) and what happened?
• What were the key features of détente under Nixon and Brezhnev?
• Which term is used for the policy of giving in to aggressive demands to avoid war?
• In what year did the Anschluss between Germany and Austria take place?
• In what year did Italy withdraw from the League of Nations?
• What would happen under collective security when a member country attacked another?
• What famous quote did Lord Lothian use regarding Hitler's remilitarisation of the Rhineland?
• What was the name of the Austrian Chancellor?
• What was the Hoare-Laval Pact?
• Who was the Italian leader who sought to invade Abyssinia?
• Which statement best captures how economic aid and trade influenced Cold War alignments?
• What was a consequence of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan for the Soviet economy?
• How did Neville Chamberlain describe Czechoslovakia?
• What is the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and why was it significant?
• What event caused the Paris Summit of 1960 to collapse?
• Which wealthy area of land did Germany get back in January 1935?
• What is the term for the British foreign policy toward Germany adopted from 1938 onward?
• Where did the Allies organise the peace conference to deal with Germany?
• When did Hitler invade Poland?
• What did Hitler promise for the Sudetenland people at his first meeting with Neville Chamberlain?
• How did the Cuban Revolution affect Cold War dynamics?
• What word is used for the ceasefire at the end of the war?
• What did the ABM Treaty within SALT I establish?
• Which event marked Japan's invasion of Manchuria in the early 1930s?
• Which statement best describes the effect of détente on East-West relations during the late 1960s and 1970s?
• How many ships were allowed in the German navy?
• Which two nations were involved in the Hoare-Laval Pact?
• How did human rights norms influence Cold War diplomacy?
• Which of the following described the stage used by the League of Nations against Japan?
• What were the main aims of the Truman Doctrine (1947) and how did it signal a shift in US foreign policy?
• Which statement best describes the Munich agreement’s immediate effect on Hitler's expansion?
• Why was the Nazi-Soviet pact considered strange?
• What was the Warsaw Pact and its effect on Europe?
• In 1936, Hitler and Mussolini agreed to form which partnership?
• What happened when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 and why is it significant?
• Which impression did banning Germany and USSR from joining the League create?
• What did the 38th parallel signify in the Korean conflict?
• Which major country decided not to join the League of Nations?
• What did military force involve?
• Manchuria is located in which country?
• What was done with the Rhineland?
• What was Wilson's list of ideas for what he thought should happen after the war called?
• What did SALT I (1972) achieve and why was it important?
• What was Japan's response to the League condemnation?
• Why didn't economic sanctions work?
• Stalin suspected that Britain and France were trying to provoke a war between which two countries?
• What did France want to do to Germany?
• Who implemented perestroika and glasnost?
• What is containment and how did it shape US foreign policy?
• What amount of reparations did Germany have to pay?
• The Truman Doctrine signaled the start of which policy?
• What was a key outcome of the Korean War (1950-53)?