US2 12.6 The End of the Cold War

Who was the most influential foreign policy advisor to Richard Nixon?

• Gerald Ford

• Henry Kissinger

• Colin Powell

• Ronald Reagan

Which theory says foreign policy should be based on considerations of power, not necessarily morals or ideals?

• Realpolitik

• Detente

• Perestroika

• Glasnost

Which policy had the primary goal of easing Cold War tensions between the US and USSR?

• Detente

• Realpolitik

• Containment

• Mutually Assured Destruction

Which two world powers officially broke ties in 1960?

• USSR & Cuba

• USSR & China

• US & China

• USSR & Yugoslavia

Which president opened diplomatic relations with China?

• Lyndon Johnson

• Richard Nixon

• Ronald Reagan

• Gerald Ford

Who led the Soviet Union in the 1970s (when Nixon visited)?

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Joseph Stalin

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Nikita Khrushchev

Which treaty did the US & USSR sign in 1972, agreeing to limit the growth of their arms arsenals?

• SALT I

• SALT II

• Helsinki Accords

• SDI

Which nation elected Marxist candidate Salvador Allende in 1970, alarming Nixon and his containment-minded advisors?

• Chile

• Nicaragua

• Mexico

• Argentina

Which anti-socialist dictator replaced Allende in Chile in 1973?

• General Francisco Franco

• General Augusto Pinochet

• Daniel Ortega

• Manuel Noriega

What country did the US support in 1973 when it was invaded by Syria & Egypt?

• Kuwait

• Iran

• Saudi Arabia

• Israel