End of the Cold War

Which event signaled the end of the Cold War?

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• end of the Vietnam War

• collapse of the Soviet Union

• fall of the Berlin Wall

Who was the last Soviet premier (leader)?

• Boris Yeltsin

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Borat Sagdiyev

Which of these events led to the breakup of the Soviet Union?

• The arms race & government overspending

• An attempt to overthrow the government by pro-democratic forces

• Democratic reforms brought on by Mikhail Gorbachev

• All of these

What did the destruction of the Berlin Wall symbolize?

• the fall of communism
• the fall of capitalism
• the end of the Vietnam War
• the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis

The Berlin Wall fell in

• 1989

• 1988

• 1990

• 1991

The Soviet Union officially fell in

• 1991

• 1992

• 1989

• 1990

In quick secession the Ukraine declared independence & Gorbachev resigned as leader of the Soviet Union followed by

• the announcement on Dec. 26, 1991 that the Soviet Union ceases to exist

• the invasion of the Soviet Union by Chinese forces.

• the quick annexation of territory by Russia.

• invasion by NATO forces to ensure peace in the region.

The period after WWII of rivalry and tension between the US and the Soviet Union was ___.

• NATO
• WWII
• Cold War
• Russian Revolution

What is required for a country to be considered a superpower? 

• Having a space program
• Being a member of the Warsaw Pact 
• Having a democratic government
• Influencing world events

The Berlin Wall was constructed to stop movement of people between East & West Germany.  What was the main difference between the two countries?

• East Germany was communist and West Germany was democratic and capitalist
• East Germany was a free state and West Germany was occupied by Europe
• East Germany was domcractice and West Germany was a dictatorship
• East Germany was Christian and West Germany was Muslim