TOPIC 6 - Collapse of Communism & Post Cold War World

Question 1

Vaclav Havel became the new leader of which country in 1989?

Accepted Answer

Czechoslovakia

Question 2

General Jaruzelski was leader of which country?

Accepted Answer

Poland

Question 3

SDI was nicknamed..

Accepted Answer

Star Wars

Question 4

Gorbachev and Reagan announced the end of the Cold War in..

Accepted Answer

1989

Question 5

The period following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan is often described as the..

Accepted Answer

Second Cold War

Question 6

What happened in November 1989?

Accepted Answer

Fall of Berlin Wall

Question 7

Was Kosovo a success for the UN?

Accepted Answer

Partial

Question 8

What does KLA stand for?

Accepted Answer

Kosovo Liberation Army

Question 9

Who founded Solidarity?

Accepted Answer

Lech Walesa

Question 10

What name was given to the ground offensive launched on 23rd February 1991?

Accepted Answer

Operation Desert Saber

Question 11

Who became leader of the Soviet Union in March 1985?

Accepted Answer

Gorbachev

Question 12

Lech Walesa became the first non-communist leader of...

Accepted Answer

Poland

Question 13

What year did West and East Germany reunite?

Accepted Answer

1991

Question 14

What name was given to the air offensive launched on 16th January 1991?

Accepted Answer

Operation Desert Storm

Question 15

What does START stand for?

Accepted Answer

Strategic Arms Reduction Talks

Question 16

Was the liberation of Kuwait a success for the UN?

Accepted Answer

Yes

Question 17

Who became the new President of the Russian Republic?

Accepted Answer

Yeltsin

Question 18

Who used the terms Glasnost and Perestroika?

Accepted Answer

Gorbachev

Question 19

Honecker was leader of which country?

Accepted Answer

East Germany

Question 20

What was formally ended in December 1991?

Accepted Answer

Soviet Union

Question 21

President Reagan referred to the USSR as..

Accepted Answer

'that evil empire'

Question 22

Which country did Saddam Hussein invade on 2nd August 1990?

Accepted Answer

kuwait

Question 23

Who was the President of Serbia?

Accepted Answer

Milosevic

Question 24

What does SDI stand for?

Accepted Answer

Strategic Defence Initiative

TOPIC 6 - Collapse of Communism & Post Cold War World

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TOPIC 6 - Collapse of Communism & Post Cold War World

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