Topic 16 REVIEW

Why did the United States refuse to participate in the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games?

• USSR declared war on South Vietnam

• USSR tested its first nuclear weapon

• USSR invaded Afghanistan

• USSR invaded Ukraine

During the Cold War how did the USSR impose its rule on the satellite nations like Czechoslovakia and Poland?

• The USSR threatened military force

• The USSR used economic sanctions

• The USSR used propaganda

• The USSR encouraged democracy

"Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" - President Reagan, June, 1987

Why did President Reagan want the leader of the USSR to take down the Berlin Wall?

• To end World War II

• To protect East Germany from becoming a satellite nation

• To take an important step toward world peace

• To promote democracy in Western Europe

Once India announced that they had conducted a nuclear weapons test in 1998, who exploded FIVE nuclear devices?

• North Korea

• Pakistan

• Syria

• Iraq

Why did the Soviets need to improve their relations with the United States in the late 1980s?

• The Soviet economy was performing badly and they had to to cut military spending

• The Soviet economy was booming and they wanted to participate in world free trade

• The Soviets needed to increase their nuclear weapon arsenal

• The Soviets wanted to join NATO

The United States wanted to negotiate with the Soviets from a position of power in the 1980s. To do this they developed a new military system called...

• Trust but Verify

• Reaganomics

• Star Wars

• NAFTA

Why did the United States intervene in conflicts in Northern Ireland and Somalia?

• To provide weapons

• To strengthen NATO

• To help end conflicts between local groups in these places

• To contain Communism

In what nations did the United States support harsh governments because they were fighting Communist rebels?

• South Africa and Somalia

• El Salvador and Guatemala

• Northern Ireland and Kosovo

• Iran and Iraq

Why did President Carter lose the 1980 election?

• On the basis of his failed foreign policy in the Middle East

• On the basis of his weak response to the USSR

• On the basis of his socialist agenda

• On the basis of his support for reducing the size of the federal government

Who did the Moral Majority support in the 1980 election?

• Jimmy Carter

• Ronald Reagan