End of Cold War

During the Cold War, the US and USSR engaged in __________ wars, supporting opposing sides in conflicts around the world without fighting each other directly.

The period of improved relations and reduced tensions between the US and USSR in the 1970s was known as __________.

The term "Iron Curtain" was used to describe the division between which regions?

• North and South America

• Western and Eastern Europe

• Asia and Europe

• North and South Korea

How did the Cold War end?

• Treaty negotiations

• Military victory for one side

• Collapse of the Soviet Union

• Peaceful coexistence

The Cold War was a period of tension and rivalry between which two countries?

• United States and China

• United States and Soviet Union

• United Kingdom and Soviet Union

• United Kingdom and Germany

Which period in the 1970s marked improved relations and reduced tensions between the US and USSR?

• Cold War Summit

• Proxy Wars

• Detente

• Berlin Wall Crisis

What event is often considered the symbolic end of the Cold War?

• Fall of the Berlin Wall

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Vietnam War

• Korean War

Which Soviet leader played a significant role in ending the Cold War through policies of openness and restructuring?

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Joseph Stalin

What was the primary economic system of the Soviet Union during the Cold War?

• Capitalism

• Socialism

• Feudalism

• Mercantilism

Which US President is credited with the famous speech urging the Soviet leader to 'tear down this wall'?

• John F. Kennedy

• Richard Nixon

• Ronald Reagan

• George H.W. Bush