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WorksheetsDetente
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
which of these are examples of successes of detente?
MAD
The Limited Test Ban Treaty
The Outer Space Treaty
SALT 1
What did the US secretly agree to do, which ended the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Remove missiles from Turkey
Pay the Soviet Union money
Stop spying in the East
Agree to the Berlin Wall
Which of these events took place in 1948-49?
Berlin Airlift
Hungarian Uprising
Berlin Wall
Potsdam Conference
During which event did East West relations reach their lowest point?
Berlin Wall
Cuban Missile Crisis
Prague Spring
How did the Soviet Union control the satellite states?
Cominform & comecon
Fear and intimidation
Domino Effect
Marshall Aid
What was the name of the invasion of Cuba by exiled Cuban soldiers?
Bay of Pigs
Dock of Lions
Pier of Kestrels
Beach of Horses
What did Churchill claim had been in drawn across Europe in 1946
An Iron Curtain
A Berlin Wall
A Soviet Statue
A Concrete Barrier
When were the Helsinki Accords signed?
1973
1974
1975
1976
How did the Helsinki Accords help stabilise the situation in Europe?
They encouraged East & West to fall out again
They led to all nuclear weapons being destroyed
They led to more nuclear weapons being created
They encouraged cooperation & contact between East & West
Why did the Helsinki Accords not change the situation behind the Iron Curtain?
They didn't lead to any major reforms in the Soviet Satellite states
They promoted Human Rights across the world, including Eastern Europe
They were not signed by the USSR
They were a complete failure
Study the picture.
Front row left to right: Richard Nixon, President Eisenhower, Nikita Khrushchev
What is the significance of the event in the picture?
Nikita Khrushchev was building up his military and wanted to observe the military in the United States.
In 1959, Nikita Khrushchev became the first Soviet Union leader to visit the United States.
Nikita Khrushchev was building nuclear weapons and wanted to team up with the United States.
This was a meeting of members of Congress to discuss the Cuban Missile Crisis.
