End of the Cold War

Question 1

Ultimately, the reforms initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev led to

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the downfall of the Soviet Union.

Question 2

Which best describes what occurred during the détente era?

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arms limitation

Question 3

How did Boris Yeltsin become the president of Russia?

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He won the country’s first open election.

Question 4

Which of these were included in the SALT I (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) treaty? Select two answers.a cap on nuclear armsa ban on nuclear armsan end to proxy warsa limit on launch sitesa ban on missile programs

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a cap on nuclear arms; a limit on launch sites

Question 5

How did changes in the Soviet Union affect people in other communist countries?

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Eastern Europeans began to rebel against their governments.

Question 6

Which of these was a feature of the relationship between the Soviet Union and the United States in the era leading up to détente?

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arms race

Question 7

Which of these resulted from Gorbachev’s perestroika policies? Select two answers.freedom of the pressopening of the Soviet archivesend of one-party politicsreduced government control of the economyimported culture from the West

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end of one-party politics; reduced government control of the economy

Question 8

In which year did Communist rule end in the Soviet Union?

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1991

Question 9

During which era did détente mainly occur?

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1970s

Question 10

What was one result of the breakup of the Soviet Union?

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Russia briefly led a confederation of independent states and maintained some control of the region.

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