Detente Vocabulary Quiz

The breakdown in relations between the USSR and China was known as the -

• Sino Soviet Split

• Sino Soviet Rapprochement

• Sino-Soviet Detente

• Sino-Soviet Pact

This 37th president of the United States who engaged Leonid Brezhnev in detente efforts was -

• Richard Nixon
• George W. Bush
• Gerald Ford

• John F. Kennedy

The Soviet premier that signed the Nuclear Proliferation treaty with the US was -

• Boris Yeltsin

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Nikita Khrushchev
• Mikhail Gorbachev

The 38th President of the US that oversaw efforts pursue detente in Europe via the Helsinki Accords was -

• Gerald Ford
• Jimmy Carter
• Ronald Reagan
• Richard Nixon

The 39th president who sought to further SALT talks with the USSR in 1979 was -

• Jimmy Carter
• George H.W. Bush
• Gerald Ford

• Ronald Reagan

The attempt to ease hostility between countries is known as -

• Dictatorship

• De-Escalation

• Diplomacy

• Detente

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1968 -

• Aims to increase the number of countries with nuclear capabilities
• Aims to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and promote peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
• Encourages the development of nuclear weapons
• Promotes the use of nuclear weapons in warfare

Anti-Ballistic Missiles -

• Create a protective shield around ballistic missiles
• Deliver supplies to ballistic missiles
• Intercept and destroy ballistic missiles
• Send warning signals to ballistic missiles

Rapprochement in 1972 -

• Formed a military alliance between China and the US

• Improved relations between the US and China

• Resulted in a war between the US and China

• Resulted in a trade agreement between the US and China

The Moscow Summit of 1972 -

• focused on space exploration
• debated the use of nuclear weapons
• discussed environmental conservation
• discussed arms control and other important issues