Lesson Y223.4

Y223.4 The end of the Cold War 1984–1995 Quiz: OCR History, Unit 2

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The 20 questions

  1. Which policy was introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev to restructure the stagnating Soviet economy?

    • Glasnost
    • Gosplan
    • Perestroika
    • Demokratizatsiya
  2. Which Gorbachev reform promoted greater openness and freedom of speech in the Soviet Union?

    • Detente
    • Glasnost
    • Perestroika
    • Ostpolitik
  3. In which year did the Berlin Wall fall, symbolising the end of Cold War divisions?

    • 1987
    • 1991
    • 1989
    • 1993
  4. Which landmark 1987 treaty eliminated an entire class of US and Soviet nuclear missiles?

    • SALT II
    • SALT I
    • START I
    • INF Treaty
  5. In which year did Soviet forces complete their full withdrawal from Afghanistan?

    • 1991
    • 1993
    • 1985
    • 1989
  6. Who became Poland’s first non-communist Prime Minister following free elections in 1989?

    • Wojciech Jaruzelski
    • Lech Wałęsa
    • Tadeusz Mazowiecki
    • Alexander Dubček
  7. Which independent trade union movement played a major role in ending communist rule in Poland?

    • Solidarity
    • Civic Forum
    • Charter 77
    • New Forum
  8. In which year was Germany officially reunified following the collapse of East German communism?

    • 1990
    • 1989
    • 1992
    • 1991
  9. What name was given to the peaceful transition of power in Czechoslovakia in 1989?

    • Carnation Revolution
    • Orange Revolution
    • Prague Spring
    • Velvet Revolution
  10. Who was elected as the first democratic President of the Russian Federation in June 1991?

    • Boris Yeltsin
    • Leonid Brezhnev
    • Eduard Shevardnadze
    • Mikhail Gorbachev
  11. In which year did hardline Soviet communists attempt an unsuccessful coup against Mikhail Gorbachev?

    • 1991
    • 1989
    • 1990
    • 1993
  12. In December of which year was the Soviet Union officially dissolved?

    • 1991
    • 1989
    • 1990
    • 1993
  13. Which communist leader was overthrown and executed during violent uprisings in Romania in December 1989?

    • Erich Honecker
    • Nicolae Ceaușescu
    • Gustav Husak
    • Todor Zhivkov
  14. Which informal name described Gorbachev’s policy allowing Warsaw Pact nations to choose their own internal affairs?

    • Monroe Doctrine
    • Brezhnev Doctrine
    • Sinatra Doctrine
    • Truman Doctrine
  15. Which nuclear arms reduction treaty was signed by George H. W. Bush and Gorbachev in July 1991?

    • SALT II
    • ABM Treaty
    • START I
    • SALT I
  16. Which 1995 peace agreement ended the civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina?

    • Geneva Accords
    • Paris Peace Accords
    • Helsinki Accords
    • Dayton Agreement
  17. Which northern republic declared independence from Yugoslavia alongside Croatia in June 1991?

    • Slovenia
    • Serbia
    • Montenegro
    • Macedonia
  18. What major economic crisis affected the Soviet Union throughout the 1980s, worsening consumer shortages?

    • Stagnation
    • Deflation
    • Deregulation
    • Hyperinflation
  19. In which Swiss city did Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev hold their first summit meeting in 1985?

    • Geneva
    • Reykjavik
    • Moscow
    • Washington
  20. Which 1986 nuclear disaster in Soviet Ukraine highlighted severe failures in Soviet secrecy and administration?

    • Three Mile Island
    • Chernobyl disaster
    • Kyshtym disaster
    • Fukushima disaster

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