Vietnam War
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100

Name one Vietnam War protest song

Khe Sanh, I was only 19, Blowin' in the Wind, The Eve of Destruction, Vietnam Song, Born In The U.S.A

100

Who gave the Sinew of Peace speech in 1946?

Winston Churchill

100

an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit = ?

Capitalism

100

The symbolic division between Eastern and Western Europe during the Cold War =

The Iron Curtain

100

What does MAD stand for?

Mutually assured destruction

200

Name a battle that Australian soldiers fought in during the Vietnam War 

The Battle of Long Tan, Coral–Balmoral, Binh Ba, Long Khanh, The Tet Offensive

200

Name any 4 member nations of the Warsaw Pact

Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania or Albania

200

a theory or system of social organization in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs = ?

Communism

200

Which nation's future was discussed at the Yalta conference?

Poland

200

What is the name of the bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki?

Fat man 

300

Which Australian Prime Minister sent troops to Vietnam?

Robert Menzies

300

What year was the Berlin Wall built?

1961

300
The policy of containment is otherwise known as?

The Truman Doctrine

300

Which nation's occupation was discussed at Potsdam?

Germany 

300

What was the name of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima?

Little boy

400

What nickname was given to Australian conscripts who served in Vietnam?

Nashos (National servicemen)

400

Which US President was present at the Yalta conference?

Franklin D Roosevelt

400

The European Recovery Program is otherwise known as

The Marshall Plan

400

The Berlin Blockade spanned which years?

1948-49

400

During which event did US and USSR nuclear weapons have a direct confrontation & near miss?

The Cuban Missile Crisis

500

Which colonial power had control of Vietnam before WWII?

France 

500

In which year did the Berlin Wall come down?

1989

500

The collective defence treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe = 

The Warsaw Pact 

500

Name the program that developed the first atomic bomb

The Manhattan Project

500

Name any 5 countries who currently have nuclear weapons. 

Russia, the United States, China, France, the United Kingdom, Pakistan, India, Israel, and North Korea.