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WorksheetsU8 Quiz - U.G. #1, 2, 3
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 13mins
After the death of Joseph Stalin, this new leader replaced him and began new domestic policies for the USSR.
Leonid Brezhnev
Alexander Dubcek
Nikita Khrushchev
Imre Nagy
Which leader instituted the policy of destalinization?
Leonid Brezhnev
Alexander Dubcek
Nikita Khrushchev
Imre Nagy
Which of the following best describes destalinization in the USSR?
Easing the tensions between superpowers during the Cold War.
Denouncing the personality cult of Stalin and his oppressive style of government.
Denouncing counter-revolutionaries through the teachings of the Little Red Book.
The process of ending the collectivization of farms in China.
In 1960, Khrushchev proposed a Peaceful Coexistence, which resulted with the
Sino-Soviet split.
end of the Cold War tensions.
end to the Cultural Revolution.
end of communism in the USSR.
Which satellite nation's rebellion was stopped by Khrushchev in 1956?
Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia
Cultural Revolution
Cuban Missile Crisis
Hungarian Revolt
Which of the following satellite state's rebellion was stopped with military force by Brezhnev in 1968?
Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia
Cultural Revolution
Cuban Missile Crisis
Hungarian Revolt
Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward is similar to Stalin's
Cultural Revolution
brinkmanship
destalinization
Five-Year Plan
Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward resulted with
the end of communism in China.
the starvation and deaths of 20-30 million people.
the Cuban Missile Crisis.
detente.
The disastrous deaths from Mao's Great Leap Forward caused Mao to
start the Cultural Revolution.
create the Agrarian Reform Law of 1950.
start detente.
promote SALT.
Millions of students who supported Mao Zedong during the Cultural Revolution in China were known as
SALT.
detente.
the Red Guard.
communes.
Which of the following was an example of a brinkmanship?
SALT
Cultural Revolution
Cuban Missile Crisis
Detente
In 1962, which two superpower leaders faced off during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Kennedy and Brezhnev
Kennedy and Mao Zedong
Kennedy and Khrushchev
Johnson and Khrushchev
The U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War in the mid 1960's undermined President Lyndon Johnson's ability to pursue
the Cultural Revolution.
SALT
detente.
brinkmanship.
Which of the following motivated Leonid Brezhnev to invite Richard Nixon to visit the USSR?
Nixon's efforts for detente and visit to China
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War
In 1972, SALT was one example of the efforts for detente from which U.S. president?
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
In 1961, the USSR under Khrushchev increased tensions between the U.S. and USSR by
starting the Cultural Revolution.
building the Berlin Wall.
creating SALT talks.
starting detente.
