End of the Cold War

A lessening of tension between the Soviet Union & U.S. during the Cold War.

• Appeasement

• Detente

• Serenity

• Dove

President Reagan heated up the Cold War by increasing military spending on nuclear weapons and referring to the Soviet Union as...

• "Moscow Murderers"

• "Communist Clowns"

• "Neanderthal"

• "The Evil Empire"

What did Reagan ask scientists to develop to protect the U.S. against Soviet nuclear missiles that would destroy them in outer space?

• Strategic Defense System (SDS)

• Geographic Information System (GIS)

• Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems (ABMS)

• Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

How did the Soviets justify the shooting down of 007 Korean commercial airliner?

• It had flown into Soviet airspace & was regarded as a spy plane

• It was carrying nuclear bombs

• It had attempted to avoid Soviet escort planes

• It looked like a US U-2 spy plane

What were the results of the shooting down of 007 Korean airliner by the Soviets? Check all that apply.

• Reagan called for a "Day of Mourning"

• Later that year, the U.S. placed missiles in Great Britain & Germany

• U.S. placed symbolic sanctions against the Soviet Union

• The U.S. bombed Moscow

What Soviet leader was responsible for a "new era" supporting more personal freedoms & restructuring of the economy?

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Vladimir Putin

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Leonid Brezhnev

Policy implemented in the Soviet Union under Gorbachev that promoted freedom of expression & less government control on the media.

• Glasnost

• Detente

• Sedition

• Perestroika

Referred to the changes in economic policies implemented by Gorbachev including increasing foreign trade & modernizing factories.

• Robotics

• Glasnost

• Perestroika

• Capitalism

What soon followed Gorbachev's announcement of "non-intervention" in the satellite nations of eastern & central Europe? Check all that are true.

• Poland & Hungary hold free elections free of communist control

• Communist governments fall in Czechoslovakia & Romania

• East & West Germany reunite

• Soviet Union dismantles its nuclear weapons

In quick secession the Ukraine declared independence & Gorbachev resigned as leader of the Soviet Union followed by

• the announcement on Dec. 26, 1991 that the Soviet Union ceases to exist

• the invasion of the Soviet Union by Chinese forces.

• the quick annexation of territory by Russia.

• invasion by NATO forces to ensure peace in the region.