End of Cold War Lesson

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

• NATO
• WWII
• Cold War
• Russian Revolution

Which term means economic restructuring and more lax policies on private ownership?

• perestroika
• glasnost
• destalinization
• collectivization

This was called the willingness to go the edge of war.

• Brinkmanship
• Containment
• Cold War
• Marshall Plan

In an effort to promote the flow of ideas and information to improve Soviet society, Mikhail Gorbachev implemented the policy of

• détente.

• glasnost.

• brinkmanship

• SALT

Which statement BEST describes the goal of the Soviet policy of glasnost?

• It increased tensions with China.

• It undermined the Polish independence movement.

• It limited the development of nuclear technology.

• It promoted democratic reforms.

The policies of perestroika and glasnost were turning points in Soviet history because they led to

• war between Argentina and Great Britain

• ethnic conflict in the Balkan states.

• decreased tension with the United States

• European intervention in Afghanistan.

Post-Vietnam War President Nixon called for this policy as a way to relax or ease tensions between the United States and Soviet Union.

• Brinkmanship
• Containment
• Detente
• Big Stick Policy

Which statement BEST explains the result of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I)?

• A treaty that unified countries against the expansion of communism was established.

• Dictatorial leaders from countries that violated human rights were removed from power.

• Economic stability in regions affected by communist rule was maintained.

• The possibility of a conflict that could be escalated to a nuclear war was reduced.

Who as the Soviet Union's leader who instituted the policies of perestroika and glasnost

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Joseph Stalin

• Vladimir Lenin