End of Cold War (TN Standards)

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Check out the trailer for the 1999 movie Blast from the Past.

In the film, a family goes into their fallout shelter in 1962 when they think their city is being attacked by nuclear weapons. The shelter locks them in for 35 years. What happens when they come out and see the modern world?

Multiple Choice

How did détente affect the Cold War arms race?

• It led to an increase in nuclear weapons production

• It had no effect on the arms race

• It resulted in the first agreements to limit nuclear weapons

• It caused the immediate end of the arms race

Multiple Choice

What was the nickname for the agreements that limited the number of nuclear missiles held by the U.S. and the Soviet Union?

• Mutually Assured Destruction (M.A.D.)

• Shared Armament De-Escalation (S.A.D.)

• Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I & II)

• International Nuclear Limits Treaty (INLT)

Multiple Choice

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

Multiple Choice

What was the significance of the fall of the Berlin Wall?

• It led to the establishment of the European Union

• It resulted in the division of East and West Germany

• It symbolized the end of the Cold War and the reunification of East and West Germany.

• It marked the beginning of the Korean War

What happens when you have to tell your dad the Cold War is over?

In this scene from Blast from the Past, Adam (Brendan Fraser) has the awkward responsibility of telling his dad the Cold War has ended.

Poll

Based on all that we have learned about the intensity of the Cold War, are you surprised like Christopher Walken that the Cold War ended without the use of nuclear weapons?

• Yes

• No