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The End of the Cold War
The End of the Cold War
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1
Reagan and Gorbachev were the leaders of their countries from?
Reagan (1980-88), Gorbachev (1985-91)
Reagan (1980-88), Gorbachev (1982-91)
Reagan (1981-89), Gorbachev (1985-91)
Reagan (1981-89), Gorbachev (1982-91)
2
The US provided the Mujahedin with $3 billion in aid. How much did the war in Afghanistan cost the USSR each year?
$11 billion
$9 billion
$10 billion
$8 billion
3
During the Prague Spring in 1968, Dubcek attempted to introduce what reforms?
Fascism with a human face
Socialism with a human face
Communism with a human face
Nationalism with a human face
4
Which of the following was not part of perestroika?
Special economic zones
Private businesses permitted
Foreign investment
Greater freedom to state owned enterprises
5
The USSR collapsed in which year?
1989
1991
1992
1990
6
The revolution in Czechoslovakia in 1989 was known as the ... ?
The Velvet Revolution
The Prague Spring
The People's Revolution
The Glorious Revolution
7
The Berlin Wall fell in which month of 1989?
September
November
December
October
8
Gorbachev and Reagan agreed which treaty in Washington in 1987?
The INF Treaty
SALT Treaty
START Treaty
The IMF Treaty
9
Which of these key words is not included in the IB History syllabus?
Dissent
Weakness of existing regime
Arms races
Ideological challenges
10
Which of these was not a cause for the failing Soviet economy?
Corruption
Perestroika
The Sino-Soviet Split
State controlled economy
11
Boris Yeltsin was the leader of which Parliament?
The Supreme Soviet of the USSR
The Central Committee
The Supreme Soviet of Russia
The Congress of People's Deputies
12
Which three Baltic countries demanded their independence from the USSR from 1990-91?
Latvia, Estonia, and Ukraine
Latvia, Estonia, and Belarus
Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia
Lithuania, Latvia, and Belarus
13
During the Soviet-Afghan War (1979-89) what did the US give to the Mujahedin?
F-14 Tomcat
B2-Sprit (Stealth Bomber)
M1 Abrams Tanks
Stinger missiles
14
Which leader of the Soviet Union ordered the invasion of Afghanistan in 1979?
Joseph Stalin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nikita Khrushchev
Leonard Brezhnev
15
The Hungarian Uprising took place in which year?
1958
1957
1955
1956
16
Gorbachev announced the end of which Soviet foreign policy at the UN in 1988?
The Sino-Soviet split
Detente
The Brezhnev doctrine
The Warsaw Pact
17
The US began funding which programme in 1983?
SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative)
STI (Strategic Theory Initiative)
SSP (Strategic Space Plan)
SSI (Strategic Space Initiative)
18
In the 1980s, Margaret Thatcher allowed what to be stationed in the UK?
SS-20 Missiles
Cruise Missiles
Stinger Missiles
Tomahawk Missiles
19
Which trade union led the demands for change in Poland in the 1980s?
Charter 77
Polish Workers Party
Civic Forum
Solidarity
20
Glasnost and perestroika translate to?
Openness and rebuilding
Freedom and restructuring
Openness and restructuring
Freedom and rebuilding