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Mr Bowker KS4 The end of the Cold War, 1970 - 1991
Mr Bowker KS4 The end of the Cold War, 1970 - 1991
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Edexcel GCSE History 1-9 International Relations, 1941-1991
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1
What was the name of the trade union that won the free elections in Poland in 1989?
Solidarity
Sociality
Solubility
2
Which of these landmarks of détente happened in 1975?
The US table tennis team went to China.
Russian and American spacecraft docked in space.
The US President Nixon visited China.
3
How did the US protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979?
Boycott the Leningrad World Cup
Boycott the Helsinki Winter Olympics
Boycott the Moscow Olympics in 1980
4
When did the Berlin Wall come down?
November 1989
July 1989
June 1989
5
Who was the last General Secretary of the USSR?
Boris Yeltsin
Dr Zhivago
Mikhail Gorbachev
6
Who led the German Democratic Republic from 1971 to 1989?
Jurgen Klinsman
Eric Honicker
Boris Becker
7
Who called the Soviet Union the "evil empire"?
Pope John Paul II
Ronald Reagan
Mikhail Gorbachev
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What do the letters START stand for?
Soviet Tactical Alliance (Revocation) Treaty
Single Treaty Agreement for Reducing Tension
Strategic Arms Reduction Talks
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What problem rocked the USSR in 1986?
Moscow Olympics
Lech Walesa became prime minister of Poland
Chernobyl
10
Where did Reagan and Gorbachev hold a 1986 summit meeting?
Paris
Vienna
Reykjavik
11
What is the literal meaning of glasnost?
freedom
openness
human rights
12
What did the SALT1 Treaty agree?
To limit the number of conventional weapons.
To limit the number of nuclear weapons.
To limit the number of anti-ballistic weapons.
13
What did the Helsinki Agreement give to Russia?
USSR and USA agreed to limit their anti-ballistic missiles.
It recognised Soviet control over Eastern Europe.
Russia promised to respect human rights.
14
Which 1987 treaty between the USA and USSR reduced nuclear weapons?
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force (INF) Treaty 1987
Nuclear test ban treaty
Non-proliferation treaty
15
When was the Soviet Union dissolved?
December 25th 1990
December 25th 1991
December 24th 1989
16
What was the US Carter Doctrine?
To end the Cold War through pacifism
To invade Afghanistan in support of the Mujahadeen
Commitment to use force to defend Persian Gulf interests
17
What do the letters SALT mean (in the SALT1 Treaty of 1972)?
Soviet-American Limitation Talks
Small Arms Limitation Talks
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
18
What is the literal meaning of perestroika?
restructuring
relaxation
revolution
19
Why did SDI or Star Wars win the arms race?
Gorbachev realised that war would kill everybody.
Gorbachev wanted to introduce capitalism into the USSR.
Gorbachev realised the USSR could not afford the arms race.
20
What was the US Strategic Defence Initiative?
A US agreement to limit nuclear weapons.
A missile defense system in space.
An American nuclear weapon.
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What country did Russia invade in 1979?
Afghanistan
Poland
Vietnam
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What won the arms race for the USA?
cruise missiles
the neutron bomb
the "Star Wars" defence system
