Level 14 Outcomes of the Cold War

What was a result of the Cold War?

• Creation of the United Nations with of goal of global peace

• The Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente were formed

• Development of more powerful nuclear and chemical weapons

• United States and Soviet Union formed a long-lasting alliance

What did President Ronald Reagan challenge Soviet president, Mikhail Gorbachev to do?

• Tear down the Berlin Wall

• Support Eastern Europe’s revolutions

• Create economic and political reforms in the Soviet Union

• To embrace Western political and economic influence

Which of the following is not a result of the end of the Cold War?

• End of communist governments in Eastern Europe

• The West Germany and East Germany were reunified

• The Soviet Union broke apart and 15 new nations were formed

• Countries no longer feared nuclear war and started to dismantle their arsenal

What as the purpose of Perestroika?

• To dissolve the Soviet Union and create 15 new countries

• To relax the Soviet government’s control over economy.

• To embrace all of the standards of capitalism in the West

• To encourage freedom of speech and expression of ideas

What was the purpose of Glasnost?

• To dissolve the Soviet Union and create 15 new countries

• To relax the Soviet government’s control over economy.

• To embrace all of the standards of capitalism in the West

• To encourage freedom of speech and expression of ideas