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Cold War Revision - Part 2

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name the talks held in the period 1969-1979 that limit the use of missile systems.

(a)  

2.

Which of the following events led to the end of the Detente of the Cold War?

a)

Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

b)

Introduction of Star Wars

c)

Malta Summit

d)

Broke up of the Warsaw Pact Alliance

3.

Reagan introduced strong anti-Soviet policies. He introduced the Strategic Initiative, which also known as the ____ ____.

(a)  

4.

What is the name of the trade union that organised a national strike in Poland?

(a)  

5.

Who was the new Soviet leader in 1985?

(a)  

6.

Choose 2 of the following aims of Gorbachev's reform.

a)

Restructuring

b)

Suppression

c)

Opening-Up

d)

Openness

7.

___________ means rebuilding the national economy

a)

Restructuring

b)

Openness

8.

________________ mean political reforms.

a)

Restructuring

b)

Openness

9.

Gorbachev held the _______ _______ with US President George Bush and stated their willingness to end the Cold War.

(a)  

10.

The openness policies introduced by Gorbachev caused internal splits within the CPSU.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

When was Germany unified?

a)

1969

b)

1979

c)

1980

d)

1990

12.

The USSR withdrew its troops from other member states after the fall of the communist regimes in Eastern Europe. The ______ ____ alliance officially broke up.

(a)  

13.

After the ______ ____, Gorbachev suggested dissolving the CPSU.

a)

Fall of the Berlin Wall

b)

Democratic Movements in Eastern Europe

c)

Star Wars

d)

August Coup

14.

Which of the following ended the Cold War?

a)

Dissolution of the USSR

b)

Broke up of the Warsaw Pact Alliance

c)

Fall of the Berlin Wall

d)

Malta Summit

15.

When was the Cold War ended?

a)

1979

b)

1985

c)

1989

d)

1991

16.

Re-order the following events according to their chronological order.

(1) Malta Summit

(2) Dissolution of the USSR

(3) August Coup

(4) Star Wars

a)

(2) -> (4) -> (3) -> (1)

b)

(1) -> (2) -> (3) -> (4)

c)

(4) -> (1) -> (3) -> (2)

d)

(3) -> (4) -> (1) -> (2)

17.

Who was the person in the cartoon?

a)

Khrushchev

b)

Stalin

c)

Kim II Sung

d)

Gorbachev