CS 26: End of the Cold War - Vocabulary

What is the French word meaning release from tension, referring to a period of improved relations between the United States and the Soviet Union that began in 1971?

• detente

• entente

• rapprochement

• truce

What term refers to the group of communist states of Central and Eastern Europe?

• Communist Bloc

• Western Bloc

• Eastern Bloc

• Neutral Bloc

What is the term for the idea that the best way to prevent war was to make America's enemies think the US had both the means (weapons) and the will to stop aggression?

• Peace through Strength

• War through Strength

• Diplomacy through Strength

• Force through Strength

What was the name of the fictional anti-ballistic defense system proposed by Ronald Reagan, which would shoot down enemy missiles?

• Star Wars

• Space Race

• Galaxy Protection

• Universal Defense System

_____ is the newly formed group of independent nations which included Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. These countries were formerly part of the Soviet Union

• The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

• United Soviet Socialist Republic

• European Union (EU)

• Warsaw Pact

Who was the President who began to "push back" against the Communist threat?

• Ronald Reagan

• George Bush

• John Kennedy

• Richard Nixon

________ II was an agreement between the US and Soviet Union to limit and control the build up of weapons.

• SALT

• START

• INF

• ABM

Which wall was a symbol that divided Eastern (Communist nations) and Western nations for nearly 40 years and was destroyed in 1989, becoming a symbol of the end of the Cold War?

• Berlin Wall

• Great Wall

• Hadrian's Wall

• Wailing Wall

What type of market economy is a system in which prices are not controlled by the government?

• free

• regulated

• controlled

• planned