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Question 1. (a) Capitalism

Sorry, that's incorrect. In a purely capitalist society, many individuals own and control the means of production, and the government does not produce goods at all.

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Question 1. (b) Fascism

Sorry, that's incorrect. In a fascist society, the government may control some of the means of production, but many are still in the hands of private enterprise.

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Question 1. (d) Frisbeetarianism

Sorry, that's incorrect. Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when one dies, their spirit flies up, only to become stuck on the roof of their house. It doesn't really have anything to do with ecoonomies and themeans of production...

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Question 2. (a) Propaganda

Sorry, that's incorrect. Propaganda, deceit and misleading the media were all tactics that were widely used by both sides.

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Question 2. (b) Espionage

Sorry, that's incorrect. Both sides had organisations capable of carrying out espionage, including the CIA and the KGB (the Russian Committe for State Security).

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Question 2. (d) Threats

Sorry, that's incorrect. Threats, with military or economic consequences, were frequently proposed by both sides.

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Question 3. (a) 1943

Sorry, that's incorrect. World War II was still going in 1943, Stalin lived long after this.

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Question 3. (c) 1954

Sorry, that's incorrect. Stalin was dead before 1954.

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Question 3. (d) 1956

Sorry, that's incorrect. Stalin was dead before 1956.

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Question 4. (a) He loved vodka

Sorry, that's incorrect. Boris Yelstin was famous for his love of Russia's national tipple, but he was Gorbachev's succeessor in 1992.

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Question 4. (c) He played a mean saxophone

Sorry, that's incorrect. At the same time as Gorbachev was announcing the end of The Cold War, Bill Clinton was blowing his famous electioneering trumpet (or saxophone), though there's no evidence Gorbachev followed Clinton's lead.

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Question 4. (d) He said 'Ich bin ein Berliner'

Sorry, that's incorrect. This immortal line, intended to shwe American support for the Berlin populations cause, was in fact uttered by John F. Kennedy in 1963.

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Question 5. (a) The Bay of Pigs incident

Sorry, that's incorrect. The Bay of Pigs invasion took place in 1961

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Question 5. (b) The Turkish Missile Crisis

Sorry, that's incorrect. As far as is known, there was no major Turkish Missile Crisis.

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Question 5. (d) Soviets invade Afghanistan

Sorry, that's incorrect. This didn't happen until much later, 1979 in fact.

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Question 6. (b) Boris Yelstin

Sorry, that's incorrect. Yeltsin was leading Russia just after The Cold War ended, but this announcement was made before he came to power.

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Question 6. (c) Vladimir Putin

Sorry, that's incorrect. Vladimir Putin is the current leader of Russia.

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Question 6. (d) Nikita Khrushchev

Sorry, that's incorrect. Khrushchev played an enormous part in The Cold War, leading the USSR for seven years from 1957 to 1964, but he was outed at the height of The Cold War, long before it's conclusion.

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Question 7. (b) North American Trading Office

Sorry, that's incorrect. NATO is an international body, with powers ranging far beyond North America.

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Question 7. (c) North Atlantic Trading Organisation

Sorry, that's incorrect. The WTO deals with international trade issues, not NATO.

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Question 7. (d) North American Treaty Organisation

Sorry, that's incorrect. NATO is an international body, with powers ranging far beyond North America.

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