What is the definition of detente

improvement of Soviet and U.S. relations

The Central Treaty Organization was to

counter Soviet aggression to its South (Middle East)

was an organization to settle world problems

a military alliance consisting of the USSR and satellite states

The goal of the policy of containment was to

Block the Spread of Soviet influence

is where countries build up their armies/weapons

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1
The failed attempt by Cuban exiles to overthrow the Communist Cuban Government
The Cold War
Bay of Pigs
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Revolution
2
The demand of workers for their government to recognize their unions
Glasnost
Unionization
Solidarity
Collectivization
3
This event was when the U.S. and U.K. would fly in products to the people of West Berlin due to Soviet Blockade
Berlin Wall
Iron Curtain
Berlin Airlift
Starting of WWIII
4
The government takes responsibility for providing citizens with services
Welfare State
Containment
Policy of NATO
Glasnost
5
What is the definition of detente
Restructuring of Soviet economy
Change from a Communist to Democratic government
Openness about the weaknesses of and strengths of the USSR
improvement of Soviet and U.S. relations
6
The Central Treaty Organization was to
increase mutual support among nations in Eastern Europe
counter Soviet aggression to its east (Pacific region)
counter Soviet aggression to its South (Middle East)
restructure all of Germany
7
Leader of USSR who had a period of detente with the U.S.
Stalin
Yeltsin
Lenin
Brezhnev
8
The United Nations
was a United States Organization that was between the U.S. and the USSR
was a pact where nations agreed to provide help if one was attacked
was an organization to settle world problems
was a pact to support Communism
9
Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Yeltsin
Krushchev
Stalin
Lenin
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What were the two major economic systems competing during the Cold War?
Democracy
Socialism
Capitalism
Communism
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Perestroika is defined as
Promoting
Removing
Restructuring
Adapting
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Who were the two superpowers post-WWII?
Germany
United States
Japan
Soviet Union
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The two countries in Eastern Europe that started to move to change their governments from Communist to Democratic
Romania
Hungary
Poland
Czech Republic
14
The Warsaw Pact was
a military alliance consisting of the USSR and satellite states
a treaty established between the USSR and the U.S.
a military alliance between Western European countries
to create peace between all countries of Europe
15
The U.S. people believed the USSR was ahead of them both in production of technology and missiles with the launching of
Explorer I
Sputnik 2
Luna I
Sputnik I
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Soviet leader who ended the Cold War
Stalin
Gorbachev
Brezhnev
Yeltsin
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The Big 3 met post-WWII to decide how to divide Germany
Potsdam Conference
Versailles Conference
Meeting of the European Nations
Yalta Conference
18
President of the U.S. who withdrew troops from the Vietnam War
Richard Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Harry Truman
JFK
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What did the Berlin Wall do?
Divided Western Europe from Eastern Europe
Divided East and West Berlin
Divided East and West Germany
Divided USSR and China
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The goal of the policy of containment was to
Prevent the build-up of Soviet nuclear weapons
Prevent the emergence of new facism
Keep the U.S. out of Eastern Europe
Block the Spread of Soviet influence
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The Arms Race
the race to which countries can fall to communism the fastest
is where countries build up their armies/weapons
was a fight to get rid of all nuclear weapons in the world
the race to space

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