Cold War: MUST KNOW

Question 1

What SOVIET LEADER in 1985 realized the economic strain of COLD WAR on USSR?

Answer 1

Gorbachev

Question 2

What MISSILES could intercept ICBMs?
/Who got them first?

Answer 2

anti-ballistic missiles (ABM)
Soviets = 4 years before USA

Question 3

What year did the USA develop ICBMs?

Answer 3

1957

Question 4

What year was SALT 1 ratified (signed)?

Answer 4

1972

Question 5

What year did BREZHNEV visit WASHINGTON?

Answer 5

1973

Question 6

When was SALT 2 created?

Answer 6

1979

Question 7

What were the HELSINKI ACCORDS?
(3 facts about)

Answer 7

-signed by 35 countries including USA and USSR
-Why? recognize European borders established after WW2
-recognize basic human rights, e.g freedom of speech

Question 8

Who was SALT 1 signed by?
What did it do?

Answer 8

Singed by Nixon and Brezhnev
-agreed to RESTRICT ICBMs of both countries

Question 9

When were the Helsinki Accords??

Answer 9

1975

Question 10

How can you see HELSINKI ACCORDS were taken seriously?

Answer 10

33 nations from NATO and WARSAW PACT met to ensure good international relations after ratification of SALT 1.

Question 11

What can “three baskets” from Helsinki Accords be separated into?

Answer 11

1. Borders are inviolable
2. TRADE AGREEMENTS, TECH EXHANGES —–> International Co-operation
3. Human rights

Question 12

Give an example of INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION from Helsinki Accords?

Answer 12

Apollo-Soyuz joint space mission 1975