End of the Cold War

Which event signaled the end of the Cold War?

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• end of the Vietnam War

• collapse of the Soviet Union

• fall of the Berlin Wall

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

In quick secession the Ukraine declared independence & Gorbachev resigned as leader of the Soviet Union followed by

• the announcement on Dec. 26, 1991 that the Soviet Union ceases to exist

• the invasion of the Soviet Union by Chinese forces.

• the quick annexation of territory by Russia.

• invasion by NATO forces to ensure peace in the region.

The process in which East and West Germany were joined together and Berlin was a single city was called ____.

• German Combination
• Reunification of Europe
• Reunification of Berlin
• Reunification of Germany

What marked the end of the Cold War?

• the rule of Gorbechev
• the creation of Russia
• the breakup of the Soviet Union
• the destruction of the Berlin Wall

The Reagan administration rapidly increased spending on

• social programs.

• the American military.

• support of the Soviet Union.

• enlargement of the federal government.