Lesson 1 - The end of the Cold War

When was George Hebert Walker Bush elected president of the United States of America?

• 1988
• 1989
• 1990
• 1991

What are the main events which are associated with the end of the Cold War?

• The Berlin Wall came down
• Poland’s military rule ended
• The Velvet Revolution happened in Czechoslovakia
• The USSR failed to take over the world
• China decided to trade with the USA

The end of the Cold War was...

• A failure on the part of the USSR
• The result of successful American policies

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

• A reduction in nuclear weapons
• A policy limbo in the USA
• The end of all wars in the world
• A creation of thousand of jobs in the USA

How are called the treaties signed in 1991 which limited the number of warheads each country could possess?

• START I and START II
• The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaties
• Save the World Without Weapons
• The STAte and Relief Treaties

What is the expression used by G. H. BUSH to describe the international situation after the end of the Cold War?

• The New World Order
• The New beginning
• America is back in the World
• The Appeasement policy

Where did G.H. Bush send American troops after the USSR collapse?

• In Yugoslavia which disintegrated 1991 and turned into a bloodbath
• In Somalia to help deliver food aid
• In Germany to help break down the Berlin Wall
• In Czechoslovakia which disintegrated after the Velvet Revolution

What is the country invaded by Saddam Hussein in August 1990?

• Kuwait
• Iraq
• Iran
• Saudi Arabia

How did G. H. Bush answer to this invasion?

• He brought the issue to the United Nations
• He ushered through a Security Council resolution that set a deadline for Saddam to leave Kuwait
• He brought the issue to the White House
• He ushered through a Security Council resolution that set a deadline for Iran to leave Kuwait

How many countries were in the coalition led by the US to make Saddam Hussein leave Kuwait?

• 3
• 15
• 23
• 34