POLS 3053 International Relations

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POLS 3053International Relations

• Chapter 5 The End of the Cold War
• Question Universe

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The ascension of __ to the General Secretary
position of the Soviet Communist Party in 1985
had far-reaching significance.

• a. Leonid Brezhnev
• b. Konstantin Chernenko
• c. Yuri Andropov
• d. Boris Yeltsin
• e. Mikail Gorbachev

3
The basic meaning of the term perestroika is

• a. renewal. d. restructuring.
• b. revenge. e. openness.
• c. retrenchment.

4
The basic meaning of the term glasnost is

• a. openness. d. free love.
• b. restructuring. e. tolerance.
• c. renewal.

5
Following the Soviet elections of __, the
political system was transformed by the entry
into public life of a mass of new participants, a
large proportion of whom were not beholden to the
Communist Party.

• a. 1987 d. 1990
• b. 1988 e. 1991
• c. 1989

6
The first region of the Soviet empire to demand
independence was/were __, which quickly rippled
throughout the Soviet republics.

• a. the Muslim republics of Central Asia.
• b. Armenia.
• c. the Baltic republics.
• d. Ukraine.
• e. Azerbaijan.

7
The effect of Russian economic reforms was

• a. salutary. d. mixed.
• b. catastrophic. e. generally favorable.
• c. miraculous.

8
The collapse of communism in Eastern Europe,
marked most graphically by the destruction of the
__ in November 1989, was intimately related to
events in the Soviet Union but also had roots of
its own.

• a. Gulag Archipelago d. Chernobyl
• b. Great Wall of China e. all of the above
• c. Lenins Statue in
• Leningrad

9
In accounting for the events that led to the
overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe, it
would be hard to overestimate the importance of
the rise of __ in Poland in 1980.

• a. Pravda d. the Christian Democrats
• b. Charter 77 e. the Prague Spring
• c. Solidarity

10
The one violent event that marked the climax of
the revolutions in Eastern Europe occurred in
Romania, where __ was overthrown and executed.

• a. Nikolaou Ceausescu d. Janos Kadar
• b. Andre Codrescu e. Erich Honecker
• c. Boris Karlov

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In Czechoslovakia, in the face of massive popular
protest, the government fell in November and __,
playwright and dissident, was elected President.

• a. Boris Yeltsin d. Alexander Dubcek
• b. Vladimir Putin e. Milan Kundera
• c. Václav Havel

12
American conservatives argue that the tough
stance of the __ administration, especially his
refusal to compromise on the development of the
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), had been
decisive in bringing about the fall of communism.

• a. Eisenhower d. Clinton
• b. Reagan e. Nixon
• c. G.H.W. Bush

13
Relations between the US and USSR did not
immediately thaw with the rise of Gorbachev.
G.H.W. Bushs Secretary of Defense __, noted in
1989 that Gorbachev could easily be overthrown by
hardliners.

• a. Donald Rumsfeld d. Richard Cheney
• b. Richard Cohen e. Stansfield Turner
• c. Les Aspin

14
The period __ has often been described as the
second cold war.

• a. 1954-1960 d. 1986-1992
• b. 1964-1970 e. 1996-2002
• c. 1978-1984

15
The Soviets admitted failure in their occupation
of Afghanistan, and withdrew their troops in

• a. 1985 d. 1988
• b. 1986 e. 1989
• c. 1987

16
Ronald Reagans personal attitude toward nuclear
weapons is described in the text as one of

• a. intense affection. d. indifference.
• b. visceral hatred. e. mild discomfort.
• c. incomprehension.

17
Conservative hawks have difficulty reconciling
their account of Reagan as an uncompromising
anti-communist with a Reagan who came close at
the __ summit of 1986 to agreeing with Gorbachev
to the establishment of a nuclear-free world.

• a. Reykjavik d. Oslo
• b. Stockholm e. Warsaw
• c. Munich

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According to the text, from the perspective of
the end of the cold war, the Wests anxiety in
the 1950s and early 1960s looks

• a. justified. d. stupid.
• b. insane. e. misplaced.
• c. ludicrous.

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Among the perceived benefits of the end of the
cold war included

• a. the possibility that the UN could be used as a
  genuine collective security organization.
• b. an economic peace dividend for western
  nations.
• c. a Pax Americana of global peace dictated by
  U.S. power.
• d. a general reduction of the threat of nuclear
  war.
• e. all of the above.