End of Cold War

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The Russian leader who was in office at the downfall of the Soviet Union

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Gorbachev

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Glasnost is best characterized as

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a form of political liberalization

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Reagan’s foreign policy called for

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taking on a strong anti-communist role in the world.

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President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed a missile treaty in hopes of?

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Reducing tensions associated with the threat of nuclear war

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The USA held a 10-day joint military exercise with its NATO allies. It was code named _________________. Options: Strategic Defense Initiative, Star Wars, Able Archer, Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces

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Able Archer

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Which of the following statements is TRUE?

• The Command economy encouraged entrepreneurship.
• The one-party state system enabled reforms to be made easily as there was centralized control.
• Overemphasis on quantity of goods resulted in poor quality of Soviet goods.
• The economy of the USSR grew at a faster rate than that of the USA.

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Overemphasis on quantity of goods resulted in poor quality of Soviet goods.

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Which of the following is true of the structure of the US economy?

• Producers were given the freedom to allocate resources.
• Creativity and innovation was encouraged.
• Competition was encouraged to stimulate economic growth.
• All of the above.

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All of the above.

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Reason for Soviet economic downturn in the 1980s? Options: Ideological commitment to satellite states, The five-year plan and collectivisation, The Korean War, The Vietnam war

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Ideological commitment to satellite states

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The ________________________ gave the Soviet Union the right to intervene in the political matters of the Satellite states.

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The Brezhnev Doctrine

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Why did the Prague Spring take place?

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It was a period of political liberalisation