Fall of the Berlin Wall

In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?

• 1945

• 1960

• 1972

• 1989

Which two leaders led a renewed resistance against the Soviet Union and Communism in the 1980's?

• Mikhail Gorbechev

• Ronald Reagan

• Margaret Thatcher

• John F Kennedy

• Nikita Khrushchev

Who were the key opponents during the Cold War?

• United States

• China

• Soviet Union

• England

• Germany

Who was the first Communist leader of China?

• Mao Zedong

• Joseph Stalin

• Ronald Reagan

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Fidel Castro

In what places did the Cold War erupt into open conflict?

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Berlin Airlift

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

• Bombing of Japan

What conflict challenged US confidence during the Cold War almost caused them to surrender?

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Berlin Airlift

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

• Bombing of Japan

What Communist Chinese program killed an estimated 70 million of its own people in the name of progress?

• Great Leap Forward

• Vietnam War

• 5-year plan

• Bushido Nationalism

• Space Defense Initiative

Where did the Soviet Union experience a demoralizing defeat that also helped bankrupt the country in the 1980's.

• Czechoslovakia

• Afghanistan

• Vietnam

• Berlin

What American program helped convince the Soviet Union that they could not compete with the United States economically or technologically.

• Great Leap Forward

• Vietnam War

• 5-year plan

• Bushido Nationalism

• Space Defense Initiative

What were indications that the Soviet Union was NOT a sustainable empire?

• They had to accept grain shipments from the US to feed their own people

• They had to rule through fear and intimidation and build walls to control their population

• They had to steal military and economic technology from the US in order to compete

• They were the first nation on earth to send a man into space

• They developed nuclear weapons shortly after the end of WWII