What motivated the superpowers to sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty?

Wanted to avoid another expensive arms race.

When the Soviets blockade West Berlin in 1948, the Allies responded by...

Airlifting supplies and food into West Berlin.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Which of the following did not contribute to detente?

Development of anti-ballistic missile technology.

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1
In the context of the Cold War, MAD stands for...
military arms deployment
mesospheric atomic detonation
mutual assured destruction
Moscow aerospace declaration
2
What motivated the superpowers to sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty?
Wanted to limit stockpiles of ballistic missiles
Wanted to protect themselves from nuclear attack.
Wanted to avoid another expensive arms race.
Wanted to avoid nuclear proliferation
3
When the Soviets blockade West Berlin in 1948, the Allies responded by...
Blockading East Berlin.
Severing all communication with the Soviet Union.
Shifting 12 infantry divisions into West Berlin.
Airlifting supplies and food into West Berlin.
4
How did the US react to the discovery of missile bases in Cuba in 1962?
By backing an invasion of Cuba
By blockading Cuba
By threatening to attack Cuba
By invading Cuba
5
Which nations' uprising against its Communist government in 1956 was crushed by the Soviets?
Romania
Cuba
Poland
Hungary
6
NATO stands for?
North American Tactical Organization
National Anti-Terrorist Organization
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
New Alliance Treaty Organization
7
The Cuban Missile Crisis is an example of...
Deterrence
Arms Race
Brinksmanship
Propaganda
8
This event is considered by many to mark the beginning of the Cold War.
Marshall Plan
Yalta Conference
Truman Doctrine
Potsdam Conference
9
This policy by Truman was meant to stop the spread of Communism after World War II.
Expansionism
Brinkmanship
Containment
Deterrence
10
The U.S. idea to help democratic and communist countries in Europe recover from World War II.
Truman Doctrine
Warsaw Pact
Marshall Plan
NATO
11
Which of the following did not contribute to detente?
Sino-Soviet Split between China and the Soviet Union.
Development of anti-ballistic missile technology.
Unrest over nuclear proliferation and constant conflict.
Financial burden of building and maintaining nuclear arsenal
12
What was the name of the Communist nations' mutual protection pact?
The Berlin Pact
The Kiev Pact
The Warsaw Pact
The Moscow Pact

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