WorksheetsCold war detente Chapter 5
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which country became Communist in 1949
USSR
Korea
China
Spain
Who took over from Khrushchev
Mao
Stalin
Stroganov
Brezhnev
Which event encouraged the USA and the USSR to have better relations
The Berlin Wall
The Bay of Pigs
The Thirteen Days
The Prague Spring
Why was Nixon want detente?
He wanted to get out of Vietnam and to manipulate the USSR by being friends with PRC
He was concerned that from Strettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic there was an Iron Curtain.
He wanted to keep the USA out of any involvement in international relations and impose tariffs on goods coming in from abroad
He wanted to keep the USSR out of Cuba
What is Ostpolitik
a period of peace between two sides who were previously at war
an agreement to not explode any nuclear devices in "the atmosphere under water or in outer space"
The belief started by Willy Brandt that the best way to avoid tension is to have better relations between East and West Europe
the policy that if any one Communist country's actions threaten other countries , then it is the duty of those countries to take action
which of these are examples of successes of detente?
MAD
The Limited Test Ban Treaty
The Outer Space Treaty
SALT 1
Why was SALT 1 viewed as a success pages 88-89
It limited missiles to 100 for each side
It limited Inter-Continental missiles to 1,054 for the USA and 1,618 for the USSR (ICBMs)
It limited Multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles (MIRVs)
it created a Hotline between the USSR and the USA
Why did the USSR and China fall out?
Khrushchev criticised Mao about the Great Leap Forward
Mao criticised the USSR for being "communist running dogs"
Mao criticised the USSR about the attack on Czechoslovakia
Mao criticised Khrushchev for being a coward in the Cuban missile crisis
Why is Kissinger important during detente?
He created the idea of Ostpolitik
He visited China and met the Chinese prime minister Zhou.En-lai
He said that ideology must be put aside in order to improve opportunities for the USA
He negotiated the end of the Vietnam war and won a Nobel Peace Prize
Why did the USSR want detente
The USSR was spending 30 % of her Gross Domestic Product on defence whereas the USA was spending 13%
The USSR had roughly as many weapons as the USA and so could speak from strength
The Vietnam war was showing the USA could be beaten and she might welcome less tension
The USSR was producing as much Iron, Steel and oil as the USA but was falling behind with new technologies like computers. If their relations were friendlier then the USA might share her technology.
Khrushchev couldn't swim, was humiliated by Mao (who could swim like a fish) so the USSR was falling out with her Communist ally
