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Quiz - end of the cold war

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does MAD stand for?
a)
Mutually Assured Destruction
b)
Men Are Difficult
c)
Me And David
d)
Mutually Assured Dentistry
2.
What does détente mean?
a)
Period of peace between the superpowers
b)
How to cook your spaghetti
c)
Period of conflict between the superpowers
d)
When you drive into a lamp post
3.
Why did both countries want détente at this time?
a)
Spending too much on the arms race
b)
They decided to be nicer
c)
To make the other side look bad<br />
d)
As their Mums were very cross with them
4.
When was SALT 1 signed?
a)
1972
b)
1973
c)
1974
d)
1975
5.
What did the Basic Principles Agreement agree on?
a)
Rules for how to behave and steps to avoid war
b)
Rules for how to carry out a nuclear war
c)
Rules to tell bees how to make treacle
d)
Rules for a 5 a side match between USA and USSR
6.
What was the agreements made between the SALT 1 and SALT 2 talks called?
a)
Helsinki Accords
b)
Helsinki Agreement
c)
Helsinki Treaty
d)
Helsinki Doctrine
7.
Which of the three 'baskets' did the USSR not agree to?
a)
human rights
b)
borders between countries
c)
international relations
d)
bread
8.
What did the USSR do to Afghanistan in 1979?
a)
Invaded
b)
Built a wall
c)
Set up a naval blockade
d)
Cut off trade routes
9.
Who were the leaders of the USA and the USSR in 1975?
a)
Carter and Brezhnev
b)
Kennedy ad Brezhnev
c)
Nixon and Brezhnev
d)
Truman and Brezhnev
10.

What was the standard of living like in the USSR by the 1980’s?

a)

Low

b)

High

c)

OK

d)

Not enough MacDonalds

e)

I don't know yet

11.

What effect did the constant change of leader of the USSR have?

a)

Nothing changed

b)

They had to kept on changing the portraits

c)

It allowed for greater change

d)

Everyone was happy

e)

I don't know yet

12.

What was perestroika?

a)

Economic restructuring

b)

Openness

c)

I don't know yet

13.

What was glasnost?

a)

Openness

b)

Economic restructuring

c)

I don't know yet

14.

What did Gorbachev do with the Brezhnev Doctrine?

a)

Stopped it

b)

Carried it on

c)

Changed it to Gorbachev Doctrine

d)

Made it appropriate for the 20th century

e)

I don't know yet

15.

What was agreed at the Washington Summit 1987?

a)

INF Treaty signed

b)

IVF Treaty signed

c)

To rename the capital

d)

To get rid of all nuclear weapons

e)

I don't know yet

16.

What happened to the Berlin Wall?

a)

Fell

b)

Got covered in graffitti

c)

Was built

d)

David Hasselhoff sang on the top

e)

I don't know yet

17.

What happened to the Warsaw Pact?

a)

It dissolved

b)

It got stronger

c)

It got more members

d)

Nothing changed

e)

I don't know yet

18.

What happened to the satellite states?

a)

Demanded independence

b)

Wanted to stay

c)

Nothing

d)

Upgraded to cable

e)

I don't know yet

19.

Whose actions forced Gorbachev out of power?

a)

Yeltsin

b)

Kennedy

c)

Uri Gellar

d)

Putin

e)

I don't know yet

20.
How had relations between the USA and USSR changed by the end of the 1970’s?
a)
Got worse
b)
No change
c)
Got better
d)
Détente

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