Unit 7: Mission Accomplished?

Where was the Reagan referring to in his 'Evil Empire' speech?

• Europe

• USA

• Soviet Union

• Germany

What was the goal of 'Star Wars' (the Strategic Defense Initiative)?

• Protection from a Soviet missile attack

• Protection from a Soviet land invasion

• To enable the US to launch more missile attacks

• To send soldiers into space

Where did Reagan send 8000 US soldiers with the goal of removing the Communists and restoring a democratic pro-American government (1983)?

• Haiti

• Vietnam

• China

• Grenada

The CIA program to arm and finance the Jihadi warriors (“mujahideen”) against the Soviet Union was in what country?

• Iraq

• China

• Afghanistan

• Somalia

Who became leader of the Soviet Union in 1985, promising political and economic reforms?

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Joseph Stalin

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Boris Yeltsin

Which of Gorbachev's policies was supposed to reduce corruption, loosen restrictions on the media, and allow more freedom of speech and free political activity?

• Pereostroika

• Star Wars

• Glasnost

• Cheka

Perestroika — “Restructuring” in Russian - meant to reform the Soviet economy and political system.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which wall came down in 1989 after many East Germans fled?

• Munich Wall

• Moscow Wall

• Paris Wall

• Berlin Wall

What event officially marked the end of the Cold War?

• The Vietnam War

• The reunification of Germany

• The Berlin Airlift

• The reunification of Russia

Who became the first president of Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union?

• Khrushchev

• Stalin

• Gorbachev

• Yeltsin