Exam Skills: Superpower Relations & the Cold War, 1941–91 (Edexcel GCSE History: Period Study (Paper 2, Booklet P)): Exam Questions

Explain two of the following: 

The importance of the Potsdam Conference for early Cold War tension between the USA and the Soviet Union.

The importance of the refugee problem in Berlin for increasing tensions between East and West in the years 1958-61.

The importance of the 'Second Cold War' for relations between the Superpowers.

(Total for Question 3 = 16 marks)

Explain two of the following: 

The importance of the formation of NATO (1949) for the development of the Cold War.

The importance of the summit meetings of 1959-61 for relations between East and West.

The importance of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (1979) for Superpower relations.

(Total for Question 3 = 16 marks)

Explain two of the following: 

The importance of the Berlin Crisis (1948-49) for the development of the Cold War.

The importance of the Prague Spring for relations between East and West.

The importance of détente for relations between the superpowers in the 1970s.

(Total for Question 3 = 16 marks)

Explain two of the following: 

The importance of the Marshall Plan (1947) for relations between East and West.

The importance of the arms race in the years 1949-58 for the development of the Cold War.

The importance of the Carter Doctrine (1980) for relations between the USA and the USSR.

(Total for Question 3 = 16 marks)

Explain two of the following: 

The importance of the formation of the Warsaw Pact (1955) for Superpower relations.

The importance of Soviet relations with Cuba for tension between East and West in the 1960s.

The importance of the USA’s Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI) for US-Soviet relations.

(Total for Question 3 = 16 marks)