Cold War Ends Quiz

President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed a missile treaty in hopes of?

• Reducing tensions associated with the threat of nuclear war

• Providing an exchange of weapons for war hostages

• Allowing secret weapons technologies to be shared

• Establishing an official cease-fire

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

• perestroika

• democratization

• glasnost

• capitalism

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

• glasnost

• perestroika

• democratization

• capitalism

Who proposed the Strategic Defense Initiative?

• Ronald Reagan

• George Bush

• Vladimir Putin

• Jimmy Carter

The policies of perestroika and glasnost were turning points in Soviet history because they led to?

• war between Argentina and Great Britain

• ethnic conflict in the Balkan states

• decreased tension with the United States

• European intervention in Afghanistan

The Cold War ended in 1991, when which country broke apart?

• China

• Germany

• Soviet Union

• Cuba

What event signaled a coming US victory in the Cold War?

• Fall of the Berlin Wall

• Iran Contra Affair

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Election of Jimmy Carter

Which country was considered to be the successor country of the Soviet Union in regards to its military and position in the United Nations?

• Russia

• Ukraine

• Georgia

• Latvia

What year did the Soviet Union finally collapse and separate into a number of different countries?

• 1989

• 1991

• 1995

• 2001

How many different countries did the Soviet Union divide into when it dissolved?

• 4

• 7

• 15

• 22