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- 1. Multiple Choice
The Russian leader who was in office at the downfall of the Soviet Union
Gorbachev
Breshnev
Kruschev
Stalin
- 2. Multiple Choice
Glasnost is best characterized as
a form of re-Stalinization
a restructuring of the economy
a form of central planning
a form of political liberalization
- 3. Multiple Choice
Reagan’s foreign policy called for
making an alliance with the Soviet Union.
limiting American intervention in the affairs of other nations.
protecting the island of Cuba from invasion.
taking on a strong anti-communist role in the world.
- 4. Multiple Choice
President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed a missile treaty in hopes of?
Reducing tensions associated with the threat of nuclear war
Providing an exchange of weapons for war hostages
Allowing secret weapons technologies to be shared
Establishing an official cease-fire
- 5. Multiple Choice
The USA held a 10-day joint military exercise with its NATO allies. It was code named _________________.
Strategic Defense Initiative
Star Wars
Able Archer
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
The Command economy encouraged entrepreneurship.
The one-party state system enabled reforms to be made easily as there was centralized control.
Overemphasis on quantity of goods resulted in poor quality of Soviet goods.
The economy of the USSR grew at a faster rate than that of the USA.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is true of the structure of the US economy?
Producers were given the freedom to allocate resources.
Creativity and innovation was encouraged.
Competition was encouraged to stimulate economic growth.
All of the above.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a reason for Soviet economic downturn in the 1980s?
Ideological commitment to satellite states
The five -year plan and collectivisation
The Korean War
The Vietnam war
- 9. Multiple Choice
The ________________________ gave the Soviet Union the right to intervene in the political matters of the Satellite states.
The Comecon and Cominform
The Brezhnev Doctrine
Glasnost
Perestroika
- 10. Multiple Choice
Why did the Prague Spring take place?
It took place to arrest dissidents who spoke out against the communist leadership.
It was to commemorate the great Soviet leaders.
It was to show support for the Communist movement.
It was a period of political liberalisation
- 11. Multiple Choice
At the height of the arms race the USA spent ___________ of its gross national product on defence while the USSR spent ______________ on defence.
6%, 16%
12%, 24%
10%, 20%
30%, 35%
- 12. Multiple Choice
Who succeeded Brezhnev as leader of the Soviet Union?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Joseph Stalin
Yuri Andropov
Nikita Khrushchev
- 13. Multiple Choice
Gorbachev implemented all the following policies except_________________.
Perestroika
New thinking
Glasnost
New economic policy
- 14. Multiple Choice
De-ideologisation was _____________________.
an extension of Perestroika
an extension of the Brezhnev doctrine
an extension of 'New thinking' to Soviet foreign policy
an extension of Glasnost
- 15. Multiple Choice
'New thinking' involved ______________________________.
removing armed forces from Hungary, East Germany and Czechoslovakia.
respecting the rights of nations to determine their own political system
allowing Eastern European nations to handle their own political affairs without Soviet interference.
All of the above.
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