What did the Helsinki Agreement give to Russia?

It recognised Soviet control over Eastern Europe.

Which of the following DID NOT happen after the Berlin wall came down

Gorbachev was hanged for treason in Hungary

What was the US Carter Doctrine?

Commitment to use force to defend interests in the Middle East

Which 1987 treaty between the USA and USSR reduced nuclear weapons?

Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force (INF) Treaty 1987

Why did SDI or Star Wars win the arms race?

Gorbachev realised the USSR could not afford the arms race.

Which of these landmarks of détente happened in 1975?

Russian and American spacecraft docked in space.

How did the US protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979?

Boycott the Moscow Olympics in 1980

What was the US Strategic Defence Initiative?

A missile defense system in space.

What did the SALT1 Treaty agree?

To limit the number of anti-ballistic weapons.

What do the letters SALT mean (in the SALT1 Treaty of 1972)?

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

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1
What problem rocked the USSR in 1986?
Chernobyl
Lech Walesa became prime minister of Poland
Assassination of MLK
Moscow Olympics
2
How did Eastern Europe respond to the removal of the Brezhnev Doctrine?
Refused to migrate West
Remained afraid of the USSR invading them
Built walls on their borders
Many held free elections
3
What did the Helsinki Agreement give to Russia?
It recognised Soviet control over Eastern Europe.
Russia promised to respect human rights.
USSR and USA agreed to limit their anti-ballistic missiles.
4
Which of the following DID NOT happen after the Berlin wall came down
Yeltsin replaced Gorbachev
Gorbachev was hanged for treason in Hungary
The Warsaw Pact broke up
Lithuania and Ukraine went independent
5
What was the US Carter Doctrine?
To invade Afghanistan in support of the Mujahadeen
To end the Cold War through pacifism
Commitment to use force to defend interests in the Middle East
1947 promise to defeat Stalin and communism
6
What country did Russia invade in 1979?
West Germany
Afghanistan
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
7
What won the arms race for the USA?
Ussain Bolt
cruise missiles
the neutron bomb
the "Star Wars" defence system
8
Who led the German Democratic Republic from 1971 to 1989?
Dubcek
Klinsman
Nagy
Honicker
9
Which of the following is NOT a reason for USA and communist countries cooperating during Detente?
Table tennis
Love of kitchen appliances
Vietnam War
Journeying to space
10
Which 1987 treaty between the USA and USSR reduced nuclear weapons?
Salt I
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force (INF) Treaty 1987
Non-proliferation treaty
Nuclear test ban treaty
11
Why did SDI or Star Wars win the arms race?
Luke Skywalker killed Darth Vader
Gorbachev realised the USSR could not afford the arms race.
Gorbachev realised that war would kill everybody.
Gorbachev wanted to introduce capitalism into the USSR.
12
Which of these landmarks of détente happened in 1975?
The US President Nixon visited China.
Russian and American spacecraft docked in space.
The American army left Vietnam
The US table tennis team went to China.
13
How did the US protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979?
Boycott the Leningrad World Cup
Sent hate mail to Brezhnev
Put a naval blockade around Afghanistan
Boycott the Moscow Olympics in 1980
14
When was the Soviet Union dissolved?
December 25th 1990
December 24th 1989
December 25th 1991
15
What is the literal meaning of perestroika?
restructuring
remembrance
relaxation
revolution
16
Where did Reagan and Gorbachev hold a 1986 summit meeting?
Vienna
Paris
Reykjavik
Camp David
17
What was the name of the trade union that won the free elections in Poland in 1989?
Sociality
Solubility
Solidarity
Solitude
18
Who called the Soviet Union the "evil empire"?
Ronald Reagan
Pope John Paul II
Mikhail Gorbachev
19
What was the US Strategic Defence Initiative?
An American nuclear weapon.
A missile defense system in space.
A huge wall around America
A US agreement to limit nuclear weapons.
20
What is the meaning of Detente?
Hot War
Increased tension
Putting down a tent/gazebo
Release from tension
21
What did the SALT1 Treaty agree?
To limit the number of nuclear weapons.
To limit the number of anti-ballistic weapons.
To limit the number of conventional weapons.
22
When did the Berlin Wall come down?
June 1948
November 1989
August 1961
May 1949
23
What do the letters START stand for?
Strategic Arms Reduction Talks
Single Treaty Agreement for Reducing Tension
Soviet Tactical Alliance (Revocation) Treaty
Sprint towards another running track
24
What is the literal meaning of glasnost?
openness
human rights
freedom
more capitalism
25
What do the letters SALT mean (in the SALT1 Treaty of 1972)?
Soviet-American Limitation Talks
Small Arms Limitation Talks
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

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