The Contemporary Western World, 1970 - Present 1 4/25/10
The Contemporary Western World, 1970 - Present 1 4/25/10
- 1.People who speak out against a regime
- A.
Dissidents
- B.
Detente
- C.
Perestroika
- D.
INF Treaty
- E.
Market
- 2.Agreement to eliminate mid-range nuclear weapons
- A.
Dissidents
- B.
Detente
- C.
Perestroika
- D.
INF Treaty
- E.
Market
- 3.Gorbachev's initial economic reforms
- A.
Dissidents
- B.
Detente
- C.
Perestroika
- D.
INF Treaty
- E.
Market
- 4.Pre-1979 period of relaxed U.S. Soviet tensions
- A.
Dissidents
- B.
Detente
- C.
Perestroika
- D.
INF Treaty
- E.
Market
- 5.Economy influenced by consumer demand
- A.
Dissidents
- B.
Detente
- C.
Perestroika
- D.
INF Treaty
- E.
Market
- 6.By 1980 the Soviet Union was ailing from all of the following causes all the following causes EXCEPT one. Which one?
- A.
A declining economy
- B.
Rising infant mortality
- C.
Poor working conditions
- D.
Too many political reforms
- 7.President REagan did all of the following EXCEPT
- A.
Provide aid to Afghan rebels.
- B.
Call the Soviet an "evil empire."
- C.
Begin a military build-up.
- D.
Sign the Brezhnev Doctrine.
- 8.Gorbachev soon realized that economic reform would not succeed without
- A.
A Five-Year Plan.
- B.
Tractors.
- C.
Political reform.
- D.
Destroying the United States.
- 9.President Carter protested the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan by
- A.
Starting an arms race.
- B.
Canceling U.S. participation in the 1980 Olympic Games.
- C.
Importing grain from the USSR.
- D.
Reuniting Germany
- 10.The United States was inclined to sign a nuclear weapons in 1990 because it needed to
- A.
Placate Russia.
- B.
Reduce military spending
- C.
Invade Afghanistan.
- D.
Support Gorbachev.
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