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Q3 Write an account Practice Questions: Cold War

"Q3 Write an account" is one of the questions on AQA GCSE History Paper 1, Section B. Here are 6 questions written in that format for Cold War, each with a mark scheme to check your answer against. This question is marked out of 8.

Question 1

8 marks

Q3 Write an account

Write an account of how the Berlin Blockade and Airlift, 1948–1949, affected relations between the USA and the USSR.

Question 2

8 marks

Q3 Write an account

Write an account of how the signing of SALT 1 in 1972 affected relations between the superpowers.

Question 3

8 marks

Q3 Write an account

Write an account of how the movement of refugees out of East Germany led to the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961.

Question 4

8 marks

Q3 Write an account

Write an account of how the dropping of the atom bomb in 1945 affected relations between the USA and the USSR.

Question 5

8 marks

Q3 Write an account

Write an account of how the Communist revolution in China in 1949 affected relations between the USA and the USSR.

Question 6

8 marks

Q3 Write an account

Write an account of how the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 affected relations between the USA and the USSR.