Module 16: Searching for Order

To protest the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan the United States boycotted the 1980 _______, which were held in Moscow.

Under what 1980s president did military spending increase by more than 50%?

• Gerald Ford

• Jimmy Carter

• Ronald Reagan

• George H.W. Bush

What derisive nickname was given to President Reagan's Strategic Defense Intiative?

• Star Wars

• Star Trek

• Battle Star Galatica

• A Star is Born

What were some of the problems the Soviet Union was experiencing in the 1980s?

Who became the leader of the Soviet Union in 1985?

• Joseph Stalin

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Boris Yeltsin

• Nikita Kruschev

Match the following

• Reforming the economy and government.

• Perestroika

• Infusing democratic elements into government.

• Demokratizatsiya

• Speaking openly about problems.

• Glastnost

Draw a circle around the region of Europe that began to break free from communist control in the late 1980s.

When the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991 one of the foremost concerns was securing their stockpile of...

• Biological Weapons

• Nuclear Weapons

• Chemical Weapons

• Cyber Warfare Weapons

Reorder the following by what year they obtained nuclear weapons.

• India

• North Korea

• China

• United States

• Russia

When the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991 it split into how many countries?

• 10

• 15

• 20

• 25