Nixon, Ford and Carter

Ford, Carter ( & Reagan Cold War) Day 1

Multiple Choice

1. How does the Organization of the Petroleum

Exporting Countries (OPEC) achieve its goal of

stabilizing the worldwide price for oil?

• by setting member production quotas to lower or raise

  the overall supply of oil

• by purchasing most of the oil available on the

  market from nonmembers

• by arranging exclusive contracts with private and

  nationalized oil companies

Multiple Choice

2. At the Camp David Accords, Carter negotiated a peace treaty between what two long-time rival nations?

• the Soviet Union & the USA

• Israel & Egypt

• North Vietnam & South Vietnam

• the USSR & Afghanistan

Multiple Choice

3. The most damaging failure of Jimmy Carter's presidency was his inability to free 52 Americans being held hostage in _________.

• the Soviet Union

• North Vietnam

• Iran

• Afghanistan

Open Ended

4. Do you think that the Iran Hostage Crisis was Carter's fault? Why or why not? ( 1-2 sentences)

Multiple Choice

Which of Gorbachev's programs created more openness, more public participation in government, and greater individual rights were given to Soviet citizens?

• glasnost

• perestroika

• democratizatsiya

• shock therapy

Multiple Choice

Which new Soviet policy granted the people of the USSR more decision making power and greater access to private ownership of businesses?

• perestroika

• glasnost

• democratization

• shock therapy

Open Ended

Gorbavhev decided to give it's citizens more freedoms so that they country can make more economic progress. Do you agree with him?