Détente: The USA and USSR

The period of détente began with the election of which US president?

• John F. Kennedy

• Richard Nixon

• Ronald Reagan

• Lyndon B. Johnson

Kissinger's policy for Detente was known as what?

• Realpolitik

• Peaceful co-existence

• Vietnamisation

• The New Frontier

How big was the USSR's economy compared to the US?

• 1/4 of the size

• 1/6 of the size

• 1/2 the size

• It was bigger than the US

What did the USSR want in terms of Nuclear capability with the US?

• Double the amount of weapons as the US

• Wanted the US and USSR to destroy all weapons

• Wanted parity with the US in terms of nuclear force

• They wanted to have more ICBMs by the end of the decade

What does SALT stand for?

• Steady arms limitation timeline

• Strategic arms limitation treaty

• Significant arsenal limitation treaty

• Strategic arms limitation talks

Which of these IS NOT something SALT 1 achieved?

• Limited ABM's on both sides

• Created rules for nuclear conduct

• Committed each country to 'peaceful coexistnece'

• Banned the use of MIRV's

SALT 2 called for a limit on nuclear delivery vehicles like ______.

• ICBMs

• SLBMs

• Heavy bombers

• All of the above.

The Helsinki Agreement was signed on which date?

• 1st August 1975

• 1st May 1973

• 1st July 1975

• 1st October 1980

The three baskets of the Helsinki agreement were?

• Security, cooperation and human rights

• Co-operation, disarmament and economic growth

• Peaceful coexistence, nuclear parity and human rights

• Security, nuclear bans and detente.

Which agreement was described as the most extensive and complicated arms agreement ever negotiated?

• SALT I

• SALT II

• The Helsinki Agreement

• The Geneva Convention