Cold War Part 2

Which scientific advance directly resulted from the Cold War arms race?

• artificial intelligence

• antibiotic medicine

• space exploration

• green energy

Which political circumstance contributed to the length and difficulty of the Vietnam War?

• International aid organizations lacked funding for civilian relief.

• The South Vietnamese government was widely unpopular.

• Television media covered very little about the war.

• The Cold War had already ended.

Which of the following best describes President Ronald Reagan’s initial foreign policy regarding communism?

• He moved away from the policy of détente.

• He introduced the policy of containment.

• He strengthened the policy of détente.

• He proposed the policy of glasnost.

Which of the following was a significant factor in the collapse of the Soviet Union?

• A bureaucracy that did little to implement national policy

• The desire for national independence in Eastern Europe

• A democratic revolution led by the working class

• The race with Pakistan to develop nuclear weapons

Which of the following is missing from the diagram?

• Berlin Wall

• Gulf War

• Ethnic Unrest

• Communal Farming

How did the policy of perestroika increase economic freedom in the Soviet Union?

• by giving local managers of industry greater authority to make decisions

• by encouraging open discussion on ways to improve the quality of consumer goods

• by converting all private property into large collective farms

• by removing all international trade barriers to encourage an economic shock therapy

Which action of President Reagan attempted to diminish Soviet global influence?

• supporting anti-communist movements in Latin America

• praticipating in arms limitations summits in Europe

• practicing a policy of Cold War detente

• cancelling corn shipments to the USSR

How did the labor organization efforts of the Polish leader Lech Walesa prompt a change in Soviet control and influence in the late 1980s?

• It led to the overthrow of a harsh dictatorial regime in Romania.

• It led to stronger control by Soviet satellite governments.

• It led to the first free elections in Eastern Europe since the Communists took power.

• It led to the division of Yugoslavia into smaller independent nations.

Which of the following occurred after the Taliban rose to power in Afghanistan in 1996?

• The country became a secular democratic republic.

• The country became the base of operations for Al Qaeda.

• The country began reforms to increase the rights of women.

• The country took a strong stance against the actions of Osama Bin Laden.

What did the United States see as the most significant threat to world stability after the collapse of the Soviet Union?

• Russian ownership of private property.

• Middle Eastern access to nuclear weapons.

• Eastern European access to western alliances.

• Cuba's strengthening of its communist government.