U.S. Top. 12.3 Foreign Policy After the Cold War

U.S. Ch 25 Sec 4: Foreign Policy After the Cold War

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Multiple Choice

In 1987, Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev announced his plans for __________, or a restructuring of the Soviet economy and government.

• glasnost

• perestroika

• Sandanista

• Contra

Multiple Choice

A direct result of the glasnost policy might be __________.

• dismantling of nuclear weapons

• freedom of the press

• increasing the size of a nation

• reducing national debt

Multiple Choice

What did the destruction of the Berlin Wall symbolize?

• the fall of communism

• the fall of capitalism

• the end of the Vietnam War

• the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Multiple Choice

After the fall of the USSR, what did many parts of the former USSR do?

• Attempted to re-establish communism

• Break away from Soviet Union and become independent

• Establish their own communist government

• Change their economic system to the command economy system

Multiple Choice

Reagan approved the invasion of the small Caribbean island of...

• Cuba

• Jamaica

• Tahiti

• Grenada

Multiple Choice

In the Iran-Contra affair, the Reagan administration

• used earnings from weapons sales to Iran to fund the Contras

• paid the Contras to release Americans being held hostage in Iran

• secretly hired Iranian agents to fight against the Contras

• hired Lebanese agents to rescue Iranians being held by the Contras.

Multiple Choice

What caused the Persian Gulf War?

• The U.S was bombed by Saudi Arabia

• Iraq invaded Kuwait hoping to have control of the oil

• The Stock Market crashed

• The Japanese bombed North Korea

Multiple Choice

Who was the Iraqi leader?

• Ayatollah Khomeini

• Saddam Hussein

• George H.W. Bush

• Adolf Hitler

Multiple Choice

How did the US carry out Operation desert Storm?

• With the help of a United Nations coalition the US defeated the enemy.

• The US used nuclear weapons to clear out Saudi Arabian forces.

• With the best equipment money can buy the US defeated the enemy.

• Saudi Arabia convinced Iraq and Iran to leave Kuwait.