Lesson 2R.2.1

2R.2.1 From Détente to the end of the Cold War, c1963–1991 Quiz: AQA History, Unit 28

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The 20 questions

  1. Which 1963 agreement created a hotline linking Washington and Moscow to reduce the risk of accidental war?

    • The Hot-line agreement
    • The SALT I treaty
    • The Helsinki Accords
    • The Outer Space Treaty

  2. Which 1968 treaty aimed to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons to states that did not already have them?

    • The Partial Test Ban Treaty
    • The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
    • The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
    • The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty

  3. Which doctrine did Brezhnev announce after the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968?

    • The Truman Doctrine of containment
    • The Nixon Doctrine of partnership in Asia
    • The Brezhnev Doctrine, justifying intervention in socialist states
    • The Eisenhower Doctrine of Middle East aid

  4. Which 1968 event was the Soviet-led invasion that ended the Prague Spring reforms?

    • The Berlin Airlift
    • The invasion of Czechoslovakia
    • The Hungarian uprising
    • The Solidarity strikes

  5. Which doctrine announced by Nixon in 1969 aimed to shift the burden of defending allies in Asia to those allies?

    • The Truman Doctrine
    • The Reagan Doctrine
    • The Carter Doctrine
    • The Nixon Doctrine

  6. Which 1973 agreement ended direct US combat involvement in Vietnam and led to the withdrawal of US troops?

    • The Paris Peace Accords
    • The Yalta Agreement
    • The Geneva Accords
    • The Helsinki Accords

  7. Which US action in 1970 extended the war into a neighbouring country and provoked protests at home?

    • The occupation of Panama
    • The bombing of Berlin
    • The blockade of Cuba
    • The invasion of Cambodia

  8. Which 1975 agreement among European states and the superpowers recognised post-war borders and human rights commitments?

    • The Warsaw Pact
    • The Helsinki Accords
    • The SALT II treaty
    • The Geneva Accords

  9. Which 1972 treaty between the USA and USSR limited anti-ballistic missile systems and placed limits on offensive missiles?

    • SALT II
    • INF Treaty
    • START I
    • SALT I

  10. What was Ostpolitik, pursued by Willy Brandt in the late 1960s and early 1970s?

    • A plan to join the Warsaw Pact
    • A campaign to reunite Germany by force
    • Normalising relations with East Germany and the Soviet bloc
    • A policy of rearming West Germany with nuclear weapons

  11. Which 1979 treaty between the USA and USSR was signed but never ratified by the US Senate?

    • The INF Treaty
    • SALT II
    • SALT I
    • The Helsinki Accords

  12. Which action by the USSR in 1983 led to the shooting down of a Korean civilian airliner?

    • The shooting down of KAL 007
    • The Berlin Airlift
    • The Grenada invasion
    • The Soviet satellite launch

  13. Which Solidarity-led movement began in 1980 at the Gdansk shipyards and challenged communist control in Poland?

    • The Charter 77 movement
    • Solidarity
    • The Prague Spring
    • The Hungarian Democratic Forum

  14. Which Reagan proposal of 1983 sought to build a defensive shield against incoming nuclear missiles?

    • The Truman Doctrine
    • The Kennedy Doctrine of flexible response
    • The Marshall Plan
    • The Strategic Defense Initiative

  15. Which Soviet leader came to power in 1985 and introduced reforms that helped end the Cold War?

    • Yuri Andropov
    • Konstantin Chernenko
    • Mikhail Gorbachev
    • Leonid Brezhnev

  16. Which 1987 treaty eliminated an entire category of intermediate-range nuclear missiles?

    • The SALT I Treaty
    • The Helsinki Accords
    • The INF Treaty
    • The START treaty of 1991

  17. Which event of November 1989 symbolised the collapse of Communist control in Eastern Europe?

    • The Cuban missile deployment
    • The Iron Curtain speech
    • The invasion of Afghanistan
    • The fall of the Berlin Wall

  18. Which Soviet doctrine was abandoned by Gorbachev, leaving Eastern European states free to choose their own paths?

    • The Monroe Doctrine
    • The Carter Doctrine
    • The Brezhnev Doctrine
    • The Truman Doctrine

  19. Which 1990 event marked a significant step towards the end of the Cold War in Europe?

    • German reunification
    • The Berlin Blockade
    • The Warsaw Pact expansion
    • The Korean War armistice

  20. Which statement best explains the end of the Cold War by 1991?

    • Complete victory for the USA in a direct war against the USSR
    • Gorbachev's reforms and the collapse of Eastern European communism
    • The unbroken success of Soviet control over Eastern Europe until 1991
    • A US decision to abandon NATO in 1980 after the Iranian revolution

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