WorksheetsThe End of the Cold War
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which event signaled the end of the Cold War?
Cuban Missile Crisis
end of the Vietnam War
collapse of the Soviet Union
fall of the Berlin Wall
What do Mikhail Gorbachev's policies of Glasnost & Perestroika mean in English?
crash & burn
Tear down this wall
openness & restructuring
democracy & capitalism
Who was the last Soviet premier (leader)?
Boris Yeltsin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Leonid Brezhnev
Nikita Khrushchev
Borat Sagdiyev
Which of these events led to the breakup of the Soviet Union?
The arms race & government overspending
An attempt to overthrow the government by pro-democratic forces
Democratic reforms brought on by Mikhail Gorbachev
All of these
Glasnost is best characterized as
a form of re-Stalinization
a restructuring of the economy
a form of central planning
a form of political liberalization
The Reagan administration rapidly increased spending on
social programs.
the American military.
support of the Soviet Union.
enlargement of the federal government.
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From the above reading, how could glasnost and perestroika be described?
The Berlin Wall fell in
1989
1988
1990
1991
The Soviet Union officially fell in
1991
1992
1989
1990
Conservatives are more likely to
believe that the government and religion should be kept separate
believe that what people do in the privacy of their own homes is their own business
believe in traditional, organized religion and the buildup of a large military
believe in large amounts of government spending to help the poor and disadvantaged
What contradictions existed in Reagan's policies towards the USSR?
He built a warm, friendly relationship with Mikhail Gorbachev at the same time as he implemented the SDI.
He told Mr. Gorbachev "Tear down this wall" at the same time as he worked to implement the programs of the Great Society.
He decreased the size of the U.S. nuclear weapons arsenal at the same time as he visited the Kremlin.
He asked the American people to make sacrifices at home at the same time that he threw expensive parties overseas.
