1975-2001 Review

How did President Reagan and Bush help bring about the end

of the Cold War?

• They signed agreements with the Soviet Union to end the arms race.

• They supported uprisings in the Soviet republics.

• They sent troops to tear down the Berlin Wall.

• They signed agreements to make more nuclear weapons.

The last president of the Soviet Union was ________.

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Boris Yeltsin

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Nikita Khrushchev

The War on Terrorism began in response to _________.

• ethnic cleansing in Bosnia

• the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

• Saddam Hussein’s refusal to give up weapons of mass destruction

• attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001

The technology that allows individuals to get information and

communicate quickly is called ______.

• free trade

• a computer

• the Internet

• interdependence

How did Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev help end the Cold War?

• The Soviet Union and the United States lowered the number of nuclear

  weapons in each country.

• They deregulated the car industry.

• President Reagan increased government spending on the military.

• Coalition troops fought with better technology.

What was the result of the end of the Cold War?

• Ronald Reagan met with Mikhail Gorbachev

• Many nations split from the Soviet Union to form independent countries.

• George Bush asked United Nations countries to form a coalition.

• Saddam Hussein became a leader in Iraq.

The United States is a member of _______, the international

organization created after World War II to establish peace.

• General Assembly

• United Nations

• the League of Nations

• Camp David Accords

Who was blamed for the September 11 attacks?

• the Communists

• Saddam Hussein

• North Korea

• Al-Qaeda

Who was President during the September 11 attacks?

• George W. Bush

• Bill Clinton

• Barrack Obama

• Ronald Reagan

Who was President of the United States at the end of the Cold War?

• Geroge W. Bush

• Mickhail Gorbachev

• Ronald Reagan

• Nikita Khrushchev