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WorksheetsLate Cold War
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
In an effort to promote the flow of ideas and information to improve Soviet society, Mikhail Gorbachev implemented the policy of
détente.
glasnost.
brinkmanship
SALT
Which statement BEST describes the goal of the Soviet policy of glasnost?
It increased tensions with China.
It undermined the Polish independence movement.
It limited the development of nuclear technology.
It promoted democratic reforms.
The policies of perestroika and glasnost were turning points in Soviet history because they led to
war between Argentina and Great Britain
ethnic conflict in the Balkan states.
decreased tension with the United States
European intervention in Afghanistan.
Which statement BEST explains the result of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I)?
A treaty that unified countries against the expansion of communism was established.
Dictatorial leaders from countries that violated human rights were removed from power.
Economic stability in regions affected by communist rule was maintained.
The possibility of a conflict that could be escalated to a nuclear war was reduced.
Who as the Soviet Union's leader who instituted the policies of perestroika and glasnost
Leonid Brezhnev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
What agreement did Reagan and Gorbachev make at the end of the Cold War?
to reduce the numbers of nuclear weapons
to create an international space station
to withdraw troops from Asia
to halt all satellite development programs
What did NOT lead to the collapse of the USSR?
the growth of resistance movements
the policies of Mikhail Gorbachev
the failures of communist economic systems
the creation of the United Nations
In 1948, which document was created to explain what rights were given to all humans?
Declaration of Independence
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
Which international peacekeeping organization created the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
The United Nations
The World Health Organization
NATO
The Organization of American States
What major world conflict prompted the need for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as well as the United Nations itself?
World War I
World War II
The Cold War
The Vietnam War
