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U8 Quiz - U.G. #1, 2, 3

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

After the death of Joseph Stalin, this new leader replaced him and began new domestic policies for the USSR.

a)

Leonid Brezhnev

b)

Alexander Dubcek

c)

Nikita Khrushchev

d)

Imre Nagy

2.

Which leader instituted the policy of destalinization?

a)

Leonid Brezhnev

b)

Alexander Dubcek

c)

Nikita Khrushchev

d)

Imre Nagy

3.

Which of the following best describes destalinization in the USSR?

a)

Easing the tensions between superpowers during the Cold War.

b)

Denouncing the personality cult of Stalin and his oppressive style of government.

c)

Denouncing counter-revolutionaries through the teachings of the Little Red Book.

d)

The process of ending the collectivization of farms in China.

4.

In 1960, Khrushchev proposed a Peaceful Coexistence, which resulted with the

a)

Sino-Soviet split.

b)

end of the Cold War tensions.

c)

end to the Cultural Revolution.

d)

end of communism in the USSR.

5.

Which satellite nation's rebellion was stopped by Khrushchev in 1956?

a)

Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia

b)

Cultural Revolution

c)

Cuban Missile Crisis

d)

Hungarian Revolt

6.

Which of the following satellite state's rebellion was stopped with military force by Brezhnev in 1968?

a)

Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia

b)

Cultural Revolution

c)

Cuban Missile Crisis

d)

Hungarian Revolt

7.

Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward is similar to Stalin's

a)

Cultural Revolution

b)

brinkmanship

c)

destalinization

d)

Five-Year Plan

8.

Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward resulted with

a)

the end of communism in China.

b)

the starvation and deaths of 20-30 million people.

c)

the Cuban Missile Crisis.

d)

detente.

9.

The disastrous deaths from Mao's Great Leap Forward caused Mao to

a)

start the Cultural Revolution.

b)

create the Agrarian Reform Law of 1950.

c)

start detente.

d)

promote SALT.

10.

Millions of students who supported Mao Zedong during the Cultural Revolution in China were known as

a)

SALT.

b)

detente.

c)

the Red Guard.

d)

communes.

11.

Which of the following was an example of a brinkmanship?

a)

SALT

b)

Cultural Revolution

c)

Cuban Missile Crisis

d)

Detente

12.

In 1962, which two superpower leaders faced off during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

Kennedy and Brezhnev

b)

Kennedy and Mao Zedong

c)

Kennedy and Khrushchev

d)

Johnson and Khrushchev

13.

The U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War in the mid 1960's undermined President Lyndon Johnson's ability to pursue

a)

the Cultural Revolution.

b)

SALT

c)

detente.

d)

brinkmanship.

14.

Which of the following motivated Leonid Brezhnev to invite Richard Nixon to visit the USSR?

a)

Nixon's efforts for detente and visit to China

b)

The Cuban Missile Crisis

c)

The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

d)

the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War

15.

In 1972, SALT was one example of the efforts for detente from which U.S. president?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Lyndon Johnson

c)

Ronald Reagan

d)

Richard Nixon

16.

In 1961, the USSR under Khrushchev increased tensions between the U.S. and USSR by

a)

starting the Cultural Revolution.

b)

building the Berlin Wall.

c)

creating SALT talks.

d)

starting detente.