HSAHII End of the Cold War

Who was the last Soviet premier (leader)?

• Boris Yeltsin

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Borat Sagdiyev

Which of these events led to the breakup of the Soviet Union?

• The arms race & government overspending

• An attempt to overthrow the government by pro-democratic forces

• Democratic reforms brought on by Mikhail Gorbachev

• All of these

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

The Berlin Wall fell in

• 1989

• 1988

• 1990

• 1991

The Soviet Union officially fell in

• 1991

• 1992

• 1989

• 1990

The Berlin Wall was constructed to stop movement of people between East & West Germany.  What was the main difference between the two countries?

• East Germany was communist and West Germany was democratic and capitalist
• East Germany was a free state and West Germany was occupied by Europe
• East Germany was domcractice and West Germany was a dictatorship
• East Germany was Christian and West Germany was Muslim

In an effort to promote the flow of ideas and information to improve Soviet society, Mikhail Gorbachev implemented the policy of

• détente.

• glasnost.

• brinkmanship

• SALT

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.

What U.S. President put economic and military pressure on the Soviet Union during the 1980s?

• Nixon

• Carter

• Reagan

• Bush

How did the Space Race and arms race contribute to the collapse of the Soviet Union?

• Both were expensive programs that put a strain on the country's economy.

• There were not enough military bases to support the programs.

• The US used espionage to steal the technology from both programs.

• The USSR did not have the resources to develop the technology needed for the programs.