History End Of The Cold War

Question 1

When was salt 1 signed ?

Answer 1

1972

Question 2

Who signed SALT 1 in 1972 ?

Answer 2

Nixon and Brezhnev

Question 3

What is the Salt 1 agreement ?

Answer 3

Restricted number of intercontinental ballistic missiles they could have, but did not limit production of nuclear weapons .

Question 4

When was Salt 2 signed ?

Answer 4

1979

Question 5

Who was Salt 2 signed by ?

Answer 5

Carter and Brezhnev

Question 6

What was salt 2 ?

Answer 6

Salt 2 was an agreement that limited each to 2400 strategic nuclear weapon systems.

Question 7

What does detente mean ?

Answer 7

Easing of tension

Question 8

When was the Helsinki conference ?

Answer 8

1975

Question 9

What three things were agreed upon in the Helsinki conference ?

Answer 9

1. Recognition of Euopes borders
2. Need for closer economical and cultural and scientific links between superpowers .
3. Agreed to respect citizens human rights

Question 10

When was the soviet invasion of Afghanistan ?

Answer 10

1979

Question 11

What were the events that happened in the soviet invasion of Afghanistan ?

Answer 11

In 1978 a communist became prime minister ( Taraki ) , which led to a civil war in 1979 between the communist government and Mujahideen .
In 1979 Taraki was assissinated and replaced by Hafizullah Amin .
The Afghan government asked the USSR
to help so they invaded in December 1979
USSR killed Amin and declared pro-soviet Karmal as president.

Question 12

What were the four consequences of soviet invasion of Afghanistan ?

Answer 12

1. Carter doctrine
2. USA imposed economic sanctions on USSR
3. USA and over 60 other countries boycotted Moscow olympics in 1980 and USSR boycotted LA olympics in 1984 .
4. Ended detente and SALT 2 not ratified

Question 13

Who became the president of the USA in 1981 ?

Answer 13

Reagan

Question 14

What was the carter doctrine ?

Answer 14

The USA would not allow USSR to expand in Middle east

Question 15

When do Gorbachev come to power ?

Answer 15

1985

Question 16

What two main things did Gorbachev introduce ?

Answer 16

Perestroika and Glastnost

Question 17

What was perestroika ?

Answer 17

Economic restructuring

Question 18

What was Glastnost ?

Answer 18

Openess and free speech

Question 19

Did the USSR withdraw from the Afghanistan ?

Answer 19

Yes

Question 20

What four things happened during Gorbachevs fall from power ?

Answer 20

. Loss of control of satellite states
. 12 leaders of soviet republics joined in a commonwealth of independent states
. Lithuania , latvia and estonia declared themselves independent
. The soviet union dissolved

Question 21

When did the warsaw pact end ?

Answer 21

1991

Question 22

What was the INF treaty and when was it signed ?

Answer 22

Signed in 1987 and banned all conventional ballistic missiles .

Question 23

When did the berlin wall fall ?

Answer 23

1989

Question 24

What was the strategic defense initiative ?

Answer 24

Scientists began working with SDI with aim to prevent soviet nuclear missiles from reaching US targets by creating a laser shield in space .

Question 25

Did the ussr have enough money to catch up to the USA ?

Answer 25

No

Question 26

When did Gorbachev resign ?

Answer 26

1991

Question 27

What two things happened in consequence of the fall of the berlin wall ?

Answer 27

1. Led to the reunification of west and east germany
2. Soviet troops were withdrawn from the east germany