End of the Cold War

Who was the last Soviet premier (leader)?

• Boris Yeltsin

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Borat Sagdiyev

The Reagan administration rapidly increased spending on

• social programs.

• the American military.

• support of the Soviet Union.

• enlargement of the federal government.

The Soviet Union officially fell in

• 1991

• 1992

• 1989

• 1990

The Berlin Wall fell in

• 1989

• 1988

• 1990

• 1991

After the fall of the USSR, what did many parts of the former USSR do?

• Attempted to reestablish communism
• Break away from Soviet Union and become independent
• Establish their own communist government
• Change their economic system to the command economy system

What did the destruction of the Berlin Wall symbolize?

• the fall of communism
• the fall of capitalism
• the end of the Vietnam War
• the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Which of the following contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union?

• Excessive spending by the Soviet military

• Reform programs perestroika and glasnost

• The space race with the United States

• The Marshall Plan

Which economic issue plagued the Soviet Union towards the end of the empire?

• high taxes

• high gas prices

• food shortages

• political corruption

What was the name of the plan to defend the United States from incoming nuclear attacks?

• Star Wars

• Space Shield

• Iron Dome

• Strategic Defense Initiative

What did Mikhail Gorbachev want to do with regards to tensions with the United States?

• Increase tensions through brinkmanship

• Decrease tensions through detente

• Keep tensions similar to the previous leader

• None of the above