Cold War Revision

Question 1

What name did the Soviets have for Margaret Thatcher?

Answer 1

The Iron Lady

Question 2

When did Ronald Reagan become president (Month and Year)?

Answer 2

January 1981

Question 3

What was Reagan’s main policy which was seen as much more aggressive than the presidents during Détente?

Answer 3

Militarised Counter Revolution

Question 4

What was the official name of ‘Star Wars?’

Answer 4

Strategic Defence Initiative

Question 5

By what percentage did Reagan increase defence spending in 1982?

Answer 5

13%

Question 6

What was the Reagan Doctrine?

Answer 6

The policy of supporting anti-communist groups in third world countries.

Question 7

Give two examples of Central American countries where the Reagan Doctrine was applied.

Answer 7

El-Salvador,

Nicaragua

Question 8

Why have some historians said that the Soviet Union’s economy was unbalanced and out dated by the 1980’s?

Answer 8

Too focuses on raw materials.

Question 9

Name three Soviet leaders that made up the ‘Gerontocracy’.

Answer 9

Brezhnev
Andropov
Chernenko

Question 10

What was the name of the East German surveillance police?

Answer 10

The Stasi

Question 11

What was the name of the leader of East Germany?

Answer 11

Erich Honecker

Question 12

What was the name of the Romanian leader?

Answer 12

Nicolai Ceaucescu

Question 13

What was the Brezhnev Doctrine?

Answer 13

The policy of intervening militarily in satellite states to protest communism.

Question 14

Give an example of an event before the 1980’s which led Brezhnev to develop his doctrine.

Answer 14

Hungary - 1956

Czechoslovakia - 1968

Question 15

What was the name of the Polish trade union?

Answer 15

Solidarity

Question 16

Why was Pope John Paul II important in ending communist rule in Poland?

Answer 16

Encouraged Solidarity

Question 17

KAL 007

Why is this code significant to an event that happened in 1983?

Answer 17

Korean Airliner shot down

Question 18

How old was Gorbachev when he become leader?

Answer 18

54

Question 19

Why did Gorbachev decide he had to reduce arms spending?

Answer 19

To spend more on living standards

Question 20

What were the venues of the five Soviet - American conferences of the 1980s?

Answer 20

Geneva
Reykjavik 
Washington 
Moscow 
Malta

Question 21

What were the three aspects of Gorbachev’s new political thinking and what did they mean?

Answer 21

Perestroika
Glasnost
Democratisation

Question 22

Where was the Velvet Revolution?

Answer 22

Czechoslovakia

Question 23

When did the Berlin Wall fall? (Month and Year)

Answer 23

November 1989

Question 24

Who was the communist leader of Hungary who was sacked in 1988?

Answer 24

Kadar