Module 15.04: The Cold War Winds to an End 1964-1991

Who succeeded Nikita Khrushchev as the leader of the Soviet Union in 1964?

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Alexander Dubček

What term describes the easing of tensions between the U.S. and USSR during the 1960s to late 1970s?

• Cold War

• Glasnost

• Détente

• Perestroika

Which treaty limited the testing, building, and movement of nuclear missiles between the U.S. and USSR?

• Warsaw Pact

• Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963

• Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty 1987

• Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) Treaties

What was the name of the Soviet policy stating intervention in any Eastern Bloc country that deviated from Soviet influence?

• Glasnost

• Perestroika

• Prague Spring

• Brezhnev Doctrine

What event led to the end of détente and alarmed the West about Soviet expansionism?

• Prague Spring

• SALT I Treaty

• Soviet invasion of Afghanistan 1979

• Falklands War of 1982

Who was the British Prime Minister during the Falklands War of 1982?

• Ronald Reagan

• Margaret Thatcher

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Erich Honecker

What term describes Reagan's proposed program to defend the U.S. against nuclear missile attacks?

• Glasnost

• Perestroika

• Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI, "Star Wars")

• New Thinking

Which Soviet leader pursued the policies of "New Thinking," emphasizing cooperation and toning down Soviet rhetoric?

• Glasnost

• Perestroika

• Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI, "Star Wars")

• New Thinking

What were Gorbachev's economic policies aimed at restructuring and openness called, respectively?

Who led the anti-Gorbachev coup in 1991, leading to the breakup of the Soviet Union?