EOC Preview Standard #26 The Fall of the USSR 1991

Multiple Choice

The Cold War was an indirect struggle between the United States and...

• The United Arab of Emirates

• The United Nations

• The United Farm Workers

• The Union of Soviet Socialist

  Republics

Multiple Choice

In 1979, the Soviet Union invaded this Asian nation.

• Pakistan

• Afghanistan

• China

• Vietnam

Multiple Choice

The Mujahideen came from all over the Muslim world to fight for ...

• The Soviet Union

• The United States

• The Pakistani

  People

• The Afghan

  People

Multiple Choice

One of the Mujahedeen fighters was...

• Osama

  bin Laden

• Saddam

  Hussein

• Yasser

  Arafat

• Hosni

  Mubarack

Multiple Choice

The American President at the time of the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan was...

• John F.

  Kennedy

• Lyndon B.

  Johnson

• Richard M

  Nixon

• Jimmy

  Carter

Multiple Choice

Which US President said

"Mr. Gorbachev, Tear down this wall!"

• Gerald

  Ford

• Jimmy

  Carter

• Ronald

  Reagan

• George

  H. W. Bush

Multiple Choice

The Strategic Defense Initiative,

which proposed putting lasers in space to shoot down Soviet missiles,

was nick named after which 1980s movie?

• E. T.

• Star Trek

• Close Encounters of the

  Third Kind

• Star Wars

Multiple Choice

Who was the last leader of the Soviet Union?

• Joseph

  Stalin

• Nikita

  Khrushchev

• Mikhail

  Gorbachev

• Boris

  Yeltsin

Multiple Select

After the collapse of the Soviet Union,

the US was the remaining super power;

what were 2 outcomes of the end of the Cold War for the US?

Select all that apply

• Massive

  National Debt

• Massive Surplus of Money

• a decrease in defense spending

• Control over new countries in Eastern Europe

Multiple Choice

What former Soviet Republic did Russia invade in 2014 and again in 2022?

• Ukraine

• Moldova

• Kazakhstan

• Georgia