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WorksheetsCold War Ends Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed a missile treaty in hopes of?
Reducing tensions associated with the threat of nuclear war
Providing an exchange of weapons for war hostages
Allowing secret weapons technologies to be shared
Establishing an official cease-fire
Which new Soviet policy granted the people of the USSR more decision making power and greater access to private ownership of businesses?
perestroika
democratization
glasnost
capitalism
Which of Gorbachev's programs created more openness, more public participation in government, and greater individual rights were given to Soviet citizens?
glasnost
perestroika
democratization
capitalism
Who proposed the Strategic Defense Initiative?
Ronald Reagan
George Bush
Vladimir Putin
Jimmy Carter
The policies of perestroika and glasnost were turning points in Soviet history because they led to?
war between Argentina and Great Britain
ethnic conflict in the Balkan states
decreased tension with the United States
European intervention in Afghanistan
The Cold War ended in 1991, when which country broke apart?
China
Germany
Soviet Union
Cuba
What event signaled a coming US victory in the Cold War?
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Iran Contra Affair
Cuban Missile Crisis
Election of Jimmy Carter
Which country was considered to be the successor country of the Soviet Union in regards to its military and position in the United Nations?
Russia
Ukraine
Georgia
Latvia
What year did the Soviet Union finally collapse and separate into a number of different countries?
1989
1991
1995
2001
How many different countries did the Soviet Union divide into when it dissolved?
4
7
15
22
