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WorksheetsDetente and the End of the Cold War
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Detente was the "cooling off" period of which decade?
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
What was the nickname for the agreements that limited the number of nuclear missiles held by the U.S. and the Soviet Union?
Mutually Assured Destruction (M.A.D.)
Shared Armament De-Escalation (S.A.D.)
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I & II)
Please-Avoid-Bombing-Lands-Obviously (P.A.B.L.O.)
Which country's invasion led to the end of detente and a return to competition between the two global superpowers?
Afghanistan
Iran
China
Mongolia
Which of the following was NOT an internal problem experienced by the Soviet Union?
Economic inefficiency
Increasing military spending to compete with the U.S.
Rising nationalism in Soviet republics
A violent military coup against the Soviet leadership
(SELECT ALL THAT APPLY) Which of the following policies were put in place to save the Soviet Union?
Glasnost (more openness)
Welfare (government support for individuals or families)
Perestroika (free market economic restructuring)
Isolationism (closing borders and limiting trade with other countries)
Which of these is NOT an example of glasnost?
Freedom of religion
Freedom of speech
Freedom from cruel and unusual punishments
Freedom of press
Which of the following is an example of perestroika?
Setting term limits for Soviet officials
Increase in free-market private business
Decrease in free-market private business
Expansion of gulag system in Siberia
Which American President challenged the morals of the Soviet Union and demanded that Gorbachev "tear down" the Berlin Wall?
Richard Nixon
George Washington
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
What did Soviet republics do toward the end of the Cold War?
Break away and declare independence
Form stronger alliances with the Soviet government
Collapse into general chaos
Literally nothing
Which global superpower technically "won" the Cold War?
China
The Soviet Union
The United States
