History
what two world leaders are given the majority of the credit for ending the cold...
History
what two world leaders are given the majority of the credit for ending the cold war?
question 1 options:
ronald reagan and stalin
mikhail gorbachev and richard nixon
franklin roosevelt and mikhail gorbachev
ronald reagan and mikhail gorbachev
question 2 (1 point) question 2 unsaved
why was the soviet union having an economic crisis when gorbachev came to power?
question 2 options:
the economy in the soviet union focused on things like industry and construction, and not on producing products the people needed, such as food.
there was a global depression. most countries in the world were suffering financially in the 1980’s.
all the talented people that develop businesses and industry left the soviet union for better jobs elsewhere.
the soviet union didn’t have an economic crisis. the united states was just telling the world that it was to make the soviets look bad.
question 3 (1 point) question 3 unsaved
soviet leader gorbachev began making changes in his country in an attempt to improve conditions there. these included "perestroika", which involved restructuring the economy to replace defense spending and start producing goods needed by the people and "" which means openness of government, which included increased transparency of government.
question 3 options:
capitalism
glasnost
democracy
reconstruction
question 4 (1 point) question 4 unsaved
what was the reagan doctrine?
question 4 options:
a policy that brought back the draft which was needed due to increased military involvement around the globe to stop communism.
a foreign affairs policy that committed the united states to spreading democracy worldwide, and fighting the spread of communism because reagan believed communism to be the greatest evil of the modern age.
the promise of u. s. support to european powers fighting the soviet union in the euro/russian war
the end of the policy of containment started by president truman.
question 5 (1 point) question 5 unsaved
what is mutually assured destruction or m. a.d.?
question 5 options:
the belief that that atomic bomb was the most powerful weapon in history
the military policy created by ronald reagan when gorbachev got him angry by not agreeing to negotiate a reduction in nuclear weapons
the name of an organization of protestors against the arms race
the concept that neither the u. s. or the soviet union would attach each other with nuclear weapons because the other country could retaliate and send nuclear bombs back against the attacker.
question 6 (1 point) question 6 unsaved
what brought the nuclear arms race to a halt (stand still)?
question 6 options:
the soviet union couldn’t afford to compete with the united states continually growing defense systems
gorbachev was tired of negotiating with reagan and lied about stopping atomic weapons production so reagan would leave him alone
gorbachev had a much more powerful weapon and didn’t need to compete with atomic weapons anymore
gorbachev’s term was about to end and he decided to leave the arms race to the next political leader of the soviet union
question 7 (1 point) question 7 unsaved
what was the main reason why gorbachev and reagan could not come to an agreement on ending the nuclear arms race at the reykjavik, iceland summit?
question 7 options:
gorbachev refused to allow international investigators into his nuclear weapon sites
reagan refused to disclose how many nuclear weapons the u. s. actually had
gorbachev wanted reagan to limit the testing of the sdi (strategic defense initiative) and reagan refused, so talks ended
reagan was distrustful after such a big failure in negotiations at the geneva convention
question 8 (1 point) question 8 unsaved
some historians consider the signing of this treaty to be the end of the cold war because it eliminated nuclear and conventional (or non-nuclear) missiles that could hit a target from 300 to 340 miles.
question 8 options:
yalta treaty
treaty of paris
treaty of moscow
inf treaty (intermediate range nuclear forces treaty)
question 9 (1 point) question 9 unsaved
this historic event that occurred on oct. 9 1989 was the symbolic ending of the cold war.
question 9 options:
the berlin airlift
the russian winter
the red rebellion
the fall of the berlin wall
question 10 (1 point) question 10 unsaved
which of the following is not true of life in russia after the fall of the soviet union?
question 10 options:
ethnic hostility has lessened
quality of life rated higher
free market capitalism is accepted
the great majority of russians believe the fall of the soviet union was a good thing, and was not a loss for its people.
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