the end of the cold war

Question 1

SALT 1

Answer 1

1972- limited production of weapons and missile launchers

Question 2

SALT 2

Answer 2

1979- limit on total number of warheads

Question 3

ouctomes of the SALT treaties

Answer 3

nowone had the first strike ability,didnt reduce the number, salt 2 never became official

Question 4

helsinki conference

Answer 4

1975- agreed on cooperation, human rights and borders

Question 5

outcomes of the helsinki conference

Answer 5

apollo-soyuz mission, stable relationship, high point of detente

Question 6

why did the soviets invade afganistan

Answer 6

muslin uprising in iran, amin became president

Question 7

soviet invasion of afganistan

Answer 7

1979- made kamal president and stayed to keep him in power,usa funded the mujahideen

Question 8

consequences of the invasion of afganistan

Answer 8

olympic boycotts, refused to agree to SALT2, carter doctrine

Question 9

carter doctrine

Answer 9

1980-threatand to use force, cut trade to the soviet union

Question 10

reagans attitude

Answer 10

anti communist, ‘evil empire’, increased militrary spending, SDI

Question 11

gorbachevs new policiys

Answer 11

perrestroika- restructuring, glasnost-openness

Question 12

geneva summit

Answer 12

1985- reagan and gorbachev met and agreed to more meetings

Question 13

reykjavik summit

Answer 13

Oct 1986- couldnt agree on recusing weapons and the SDI

Question 14

INF treaty

Answer 14

dec 1987- got rid off all intermediate range missiles

Question 15

START

Answer 15

1991- reduction in the amount of nuclear warheads

Question 16

end of the brezhnev doctrine

Answer 16

dec 1988- ended because of unrest, military costs and trade

Question 17

sinatra doctrine

Answer 17

oct 1989-he wouldnt interfere with eastern bloc countries

Question 18

fall of the berlin wall

Answer 18

9 nov 1989- collapsed when crowds of people chipped away at it

Question 19

significance of the wall collapsing

Answer 19

germany reunified, SU troops left europe, end of the warsaw pact

Question 20

why did the soviet union fall

Answer 20

poor living conditions after peristrokia, couldnt keep up in arms race, afghan war, freedom

Question 21

dissolution of the soviet union

Answer 21

25 december 1991