The End of the Cold War
Description: Test your knowledge about the events and factors that led to the end of the Cold War. | |
Number of Questions: 15 | |
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What was the name of the Soviet leader who initiated policies of glasnost and perestroika?
Which event is considered to be the symbolic end of the Cold War?
What was the name of the U.S. president who played a key role in negotiating with the Soviet Union during the Cold War's final years?
Which policy aimed to reduce nuclear weapons and tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union?
What was the name of the agreement signed between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in 1987 that aimed to eliminate intermediate-range nuclear missiles?
Which event in 1989 marked the beginning of the end of communist rule in Eastern Europe?
What was the name of the Soviet bloc's military alliance formed in response to NATO?
Which U.S. president implemented the policy of containment to prevent the spread of communism?
What was the name of the U.S. foreign policy strategy of providing economic and military aid to countries threatened by communism?
Which event in 1962 brought the U.S. and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war?
What was the name of the U.S. space program that successfully put a man on the moon in 1969?
Which Soviet leader was known for his hardline stance during the Cold War and his crackdown on dissent?
What was the name of the U.S. president who pursued a policy of détente with the Soviet Union in the 1970s?
Which event in 1989 marked the end of communist rule in Czechoslovakia?
What was the name of the U.S. foreign policy strategy of providing military and economic aid to countries resisting communist expansion?