Which of the following were policies introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev?

Glasnost (openness), Perestroika (Reconstruction)

The fall of the Berlin Wall symbolised...

...the collapse of the Soviet Union.

The Truman Doctrine was...

...US foreign policy containing the spread of communism.

Which of the following is false? Destalinization...

...was an American plan to assassinate Stalin.

Which of the following was a feature of the Space Race?

The first satellite, Sputnik, launched by the USSR in 1957.

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1
Which of the following were policies introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev?
Marxism (political ideology)
Glasnost (openness)
Comecon (Soviet economic organisation)
Perestroika (Reconstruction)
2
What were the consequences of the Berlin Blockade?
All of the above.
Formation of NATO (1949) and the Warsaw Pact in (1955).
US and British airlift of supplies into West Berlin.
Germany formally divides into East and West Germany.
3
The fall of the Berlin Wall symbolised...
...the collapse of the Soviet Union.
...defeat for capitalism.
...the coming together of countries behind the Iron Curtain.
...victory for the USSR.
4
What was the ideology of the Soviet Union?
Capitalism
Confucianism
Conservatism
Communism
5
Which of the following was not a consequence of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Improved communications between the superpowers.
Beginning of Détente.
Increased threat of war.
Test Ban Treaty signed reducing competition in Arms Race.
6
Which of the following was not a location for one of the wartime conferences?
Berlin
Tehran
Potsdam
Yalta
7
The Truman Doctrine was...
...a Soviet strategy to expand influence in Eastern Europe.
...US foreign policy containing the spread of communism.
...post-war financial aid to Europe.
...Soviet policy of intervention to uphold communism.
8
Which of the following is false? Destalinization...
...was a series of political reforms in the USSR.
...was overseen by new Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev.
...began after Stalin's death in 1953.
...was an American plan to assassinate Stalin.
9
This photo is from which event that ended the period of Détente?
The Hungarian Uprising
The Moscow Olympics
The Soviet-Afghan War
The Prague Spring
10
Which of the following was a feature of the Space Race?
The US tests a hydrogen bomb in 1952.
Build-up of missiles by both superpowers.
The first satellite, Sputnik, launched by the USSR in 1957.
The USSR tests an atomic bomb in 1949.

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