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The Failure of Detente

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  1. 1Define Detente in the Cold War
    1. AThe relaxing of tensions between the USSR and the USA
    2. BThe collapse of communism
    3. CThe treaties signed by both sides to keep peace
  2. 2What were pressures for detente on USSR?
    1. ANeeded increased trade with other parts of the world e.g USA
    2. BBrezhnev wanted to increase Khrushchev's policy on peaceful co-existence
    3. CTheir beliefs in communism were turning to doubts
    4. DArms spending was crippling the economy
    5. EBrezhnev turned his :-( upside-down
    6. FThe UN would only let them join if they had peaceful relations with others
    7. GThe USSR fell out with China and needed better relations with the USA
    8. HThey intended to cripple the USA's economy from the inside
  3. 3What were pressures for detente on USA?
    1. ATheir economy was crippled; Arms Race, Vietnam War
    2. BThey wanted to unite their powers to create a super-super-power
    3. CLosing the Vietnam War hit their confidence
    4. DLosing the Korean War hit their confidence
    5. ECivil rights movement (black = white) was pressure
    6. FUSSR - USA = :-(
      USSR + USA = :-)
  4. 4What does SALT stand for?
    1. AStrategic Arms Limitation Talks
    2. BSuperpowers Agreeing Like That
    3. CStrategic Ammunition Limit Talks
  5. 5When was SALT created?
    1. A1970
    2. B1969
    3. C1972
  6. 6What is SALT?
    1. AAn agreement limiting each sides's ballistic missiles
    2. BA tasty condiment, usually served with chips
    3. CA treaty to bring the two superpowers's armies together
  7. 7When and by whom was the Helsinki agreement signed?
    1. A1975, by 35 countries
    2. B1970, by 30 countries
    3. C1975, by two countries
  8. 8What did the Helsinki Agreement entail?
    1. AThat the West would recognise East Germany and the Soviet's boundaries
    2. BThat the two should increase trade
    3. CThat the USSR could join the UN
  9. 9What happened in the Soviet Invasion?
    1. AOn Xmas Day 1979 Afghanistan was invaded by Soviet troops who killed leader Amin
    2. BOn New Year's Day in 1980 Babrak Karmal was their new leader, flown in from the USSR
    3. CLeader Amin allowed Soviets into the country but they overthrew him and took hold of Afghanistan
    4. DTheir new leader was Leonid Brezhnev from the USSR
    5. E24th Dec 1980 Afghanistan was invaded by Soviets who respected their country
    6. F25th Dec 1980 Afghanistan was invaded by the USSR who killed Amin
  10. 10The Mujahedin were joined by:
    1. AUSA
    2. BUSSR
    3. CBritain
    4. DChina
    5. EHungary
    6. FCzechoslovakia

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This quiz tests knowledge of SALT, The Helsinki Agreement, the War in Afghanistan and general detente-ish events.
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