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Edexcel history Cold War: Unit 3
Edexcel history Cold War: Unit 3
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1
On what date did USSR invade Afghanistan?
1st December 1979
24th December 1979
31st December 1979
20th December 1979
2
Under the interim treaty, USSR were allowed to have more ICBMs than USA
False
True
3
The invasion of Afghanistan by USSR caused the SALT II talks to come to an end
False
True
4
Which two leaders were involved in the SALT 2 talks?
Richard Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev
Ronald Reagan and Leonid Brezhnev
Jimmy Carter and Yuri Andropov
Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev
5
Which are the correct statistics for the financial cost of the war for the USSR, and the number of Soviet troops lost?
$8 billion a year and 15,000 troops
$8 million a year and 500,000 troops
6
Which of the following was NOT a subject that was agreed upon as part of the Helsinki Accords?
Promoting international cooperation
Improving human rights
Protecting European borders
Reducing nuclear weapons
7
USSR boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics in response. In which city were the games?
Chicago
Los Angeles
New York
Philadelphia
8
What was Perestroika (reconstruction)?
A reform of living standards in the Soviet Union
A reform of the military which made it stronger
A reform of the economy which made it more capitalist
A reform of the Soviet government
9
What is the English translation of Gorbachev's 'Glasnost' policy?
Capitalism
Openness
Honesty
Improvement
10
USSR knew they would not be able to compete with SDI, this effectively ended the arms race.
False
True
11
How many NATO and Warsaw Pact nations met to sign the discuss the Helsinki Accords?
30
32
33
31
12
Who seized power in Afghanistan in September 1979?
Babrak Amin
Hafizullah Amin
Hafizullah Kamal
Babrak Kamal
13
Which of the following was NOT a measure taken in Gorbachev's 'new thinking'?
Reducing spending on weapons and defence
Withdrawing troops from Afghanistan
Abandoning the Brezhnev doctrine
Destroying all Soviet missiles
14
What nickname was given to Reagan's SDI policy?
Star Battles
Star Trek
Star Wars
Stargate
15
A significant weakness of the SALT 1 treaty was that it did not ban which brand new missile?
MARVs
MERVs
MIRVs
MORVs
16
In what year was SALT 1 signed?
1971
1973
1972
1970
17
What did Ronald Reagan call the USSR in a 1983 speech?
The bad guys
The evil empire
The forces of evil
The dark side
18
What word does the French word Detente translate to?
Calm
Cooling
Relaxation
Quiet
19
The USA supplied the mujahideen with weapons and billions of dollars
False
True
20
The Muslim guerrilla fighters who fought against the Soviets and the forces of Babrak Kamal were known as...
The muhajideen
The muhadin
The mujadeen
The mujahideen
21
Russian and American astronauts worked together, as a sign of friendship, in which space mission of 1975?
The NASA-Apollo mission
The NASA-Glasnost mission
The Apollo-Soyuz mission
The Eagle-Star mission