Revision Booklet How to use this booklet 1

Revision Booklet How to use this booklet… 1. Starting with the ones you feel weakest on fill in the grids to create revision summaries of some of the key events from the unit. Start by filling in what you can remember then use your notes and your own research to add more details in. A useful website is http: //www. bbc. co. uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/ir 2/ 2. Use the completed summaries to get someone to test you on what you know – can you remember the key points/examples? 3. At the end of the booklet are some question stems. Add any of the events finish off the question stems and either plan out or write some of the answers to practice.

When? Why did it happen? Where? Who? What happened (key details)? Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan What was its significance? (Why was it important? How did it affect relations? What did it lead on to? )

When? Why did it happen? Where? Who? What happened (key details)? Berlin Airlift What was its significance? (Why was it important? How did it affect relations? What did it lead on to? )

When? Why did it happen? Where? Who? What happened (key details)? NATO What was its significance? (Why was it important? How did it affect relations? What did it lead on to? ) One thing it led onto was the Warsaw Pact. Add some details about this below.

When? Why did it happen? Where? Who? What happened (key details)? The Missile Race What was its significance? (Why was it important? How did it affect relations? What did it lead on to? )

When? Why did it happen? Where? Who? What happened (key details)? Hungarian Revolt What was its significance? (Why was it important? How did it affect relations? What did it lead on to? )

When? Why did it happen? The Cuban Revolution and Bay of Pigs also contributed. Briefly summarise them here. Where? Who? What happened (key details)? Cuban Missile Crisis What was its significance? (Why was it important? How did it affect relations? What did it lead on to? ) 1. Missiles removed from Cuba and a year later Turkey. This led to … 2. The Red Telephone. 3. The Test Ban Treaty 1963

When? Why did it happen? Where? Who? What happened (key details)? Berlin Wall What was its significance? (Why was it important? How did it affect relations? What did it lead on to? )

When? Why did it happen? Where? Who? What happened (key details)? Prague Spring What was its significance? (Why was it important? How did it affect relations? What did it lead on to? ) One thing it led onto was the Brezhnev Doctrine. Summarise this here.

When? Why did it happen? USA Reasons USSR Reasons Where? Who? What happened (key details/examples)? A Period of better relations in the late 1960 s early 1970 s. Meetings between USA and USSR took place at … Main Agreements reached were … • SALT 1 and 2 = • Helsinki Agreement = Detente What was its significance? (Why was it important? How did it affect relations? What did it lead on to?

When? Why did it happen? Where? Who? What happened (key details)? Afghanistan What was its significance? (Why was it important? How did it affect relations? What did it lead on to? ) This Affected 2 Olympic Games – Explain How? It also led to the carter Doctrine. Summarise this here.

When? Why did it happen? Where? Who? What happened (key details)? Gorbachev’s New Thinking 1. What was its significance? (Why was it important? How did it affect relations? What did it lead on to? ) How did help bring about the following? End of the Cold War (key meetings and agreements? ) 2. Break up of Eastern Europe and Warsaw Pact 3. The end of the USSR?

Question Stem = Explain two Consequences of … One thing that resulted from was… This was important because …. c Another thing that resulted from was… This was important because …. Remember a consequence is something that results from an event i. e. it happens after the event. So try and link the event to what happened next i. e. how did it affect relations? Did it create more tension or ease it? Did it lead to any other significant events or agreements/disagreements?

Question Stem = Write a narrative account analysing the key events of … Start Middle End Remember an analytical narrative needs to show why events started, how and why they developed as they did and what the overall ending conclusion was. Connectives and linking sentences will help you with this – use your suitcase words! Try to give your account a … • Start – why did happen? • Middle – what happened during it? • End – How did it finish and why was this significant/important?

Question Stem = Explain the importance of … for the development of the Wold War OR Explain the importance of … for relations between the USA and USSR. Firstly X was important because… For example… This was important because …. X was also important because… For example… This was important because …. Try to explain why the event was important for at least two reasons. So try and link the event to what happened next or how if affected the Cold War or relations i. e Did it create more tension or ease it? Did it lead to any other significant events or agreements/disagreements? DON’T FORGET IN THE EXAM THE FINAL QUESTION WANTS YOU TO WRITE ABOUT TWO EVENTS OUT OF THREE GIVEN NOT JUST 1 !!