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Late Cold War

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is required for a country to be considered a superpower? 
a)
Having a space program
b)
Being a member of the Warsaw Pact 
c)
Having a democratic government
d)
Influencing world events
2.
The period after WWII of rivalry and tension between the US and the Soviet Union was ___.
a)
NATO
b)
WWII
c)
Cold War
d)
Russian Revolution
3.
Which term means economic restructuring and more lax policies on private ownership?
a)
perestroika
b)
glasnost
c)
destalinization
d)
collectivization
4.
This was called the willingness to go the edge of war.
a)
Brinkmanship
b)
Containment
c)
Cold War
d)
Marshall Plan
5.

In an effort to promote the flow of ideas and information to improve Soviet society, Mikhail Gorbachev implemented the policy of

a)

détente.

b)

glasnost.

c)

brinkmanship

d)

SALT

6.

Which statement BEST describes the goal of the Soviet policy of glasnost?

a)

It increased tensions with China.

b)

It undermined the Polish independence movement.

c)

It limited the development of nuclear technology.

d)

It promoted democratic reforms.

7.

The policies of perestroika and glasnost were turning points in Soviet history because they led to

a)

war between Argentina and Great Britain

b)

ethnic conflict in the Balkan states.

c)

decreased tension with the United States

d)

European intervention in Afghanistan.

8.
Post-Vietnam War President Nixon called for this policy as a way to relax or ease tensions between the United States and Soviet Union.
a)
Brinkmanship
b)
Containment
c)
Detente
d)
Big Stick Policy
9.

Which statement BEST explains the result of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I)?

a)

A treaty that unified countries against the expansion of communism was established.

b)

Dictatorial leaders from countries that violated human rights were removed from power.

c)

Economic stability in regions affected by communist rule was maintained.

d)

The possibility of a conflict that could be escalated to a nuclear war was reduced.

10.

Who as the Soviet Union's leader who instituted the policies of perestroika and glasnost

a)

Leonid Brezhnev

b)

Mikhail Gorbachev

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Vladimir Lenin

11.
What country did South Africa gain its independence from?
a)
Great Britain
b)
France
c)
Germany
d)
Portugal
12.
Even with the end of apartheid, what was a major problem that remained?
a)
laws that treated whites better than blacks
b)
income inequality between blacks and whites
c)
an unfair tax system
d)
blacks being forced to live in homelands
13.
What led to Nelson Mandela's election as president of South Africa? 
a)
the end of apartheid
b)
the South African War
c)
the Pan African movement
d)
civil war
14.
What was apartheid? 
a)
equality for all
b)
western-style democracy
c)
constitutional monarcy
d)
segregation of races
15.
What was the significance of Nelson Mandela's election to office in South Africa? 
a)
he became the first black president
b)
he released political prisoners
c)
he united the Zulu and Ashanti people to win the election
d)
he won the election with the support of the British
16.

What agreement did Reagan and Gorbachev make at the end of the Cold War?

a)

to reduce the numbers of nuclear weapons

b)

to create an international space station

c)

to withdraw troops from Asia

d)

to halt all satellite development programs

17.

What did NOT lead to the collapse of the USSR?

a)

the growth of resistance movements

b)

the policies of Mikhail Gorbachev

c)

the failures of communist economic systems

d)

the creation of the United Nations

18.

In 1948, which document was created to explain what rights were given to all humans?

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

c)

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

d)

International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights

19.

Which international peacekeeping organization created the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

a)

The United Nations

b)

The World Health Organization

c)

NATO

d)

The Organization of American States

20.

What major world conflict prompted the need for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as well as the United Nations itself?

a)

World War I

b)

World War II

c)

The Cold War

d)

The Vietnam War