A: The end of the Cold War

Question 1

What was “detente”?

Answer 1

“Detente” was the word given to the attempts to de-escalate global nuclear tensions, by removing nuclear weapons from the USA and USSR

Question 2

Why did “detente” end?

Answer 2

Detente ended because the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979, showing they did not wish to end conflict.

Question 3

What were the Olympic boycotts?

Answer 3

-1980 Summer Olympics boycott: The United States and several other countries boycotted the Moscow Summer Olympics in protest against the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan.

-1984 Summer Olympics boycott: The Soviet Union and several other countries boycotted the Los Angeles Summer Olympics in response to the Anti-Soviet sentiment and security concerns.

Question 4

What was “Glasnot”

Answer 4

Glasnot was a policy introduced in the 1960s by Gorbachev to allow openness, freedom of speech, and political discussion.

Question 5

What was Perestoika?

Answer 5

Gorbachev’s plan to change how the Soviet Union worked by fixing the strict economy and giving people more freedom.

Question 6

What were the effects of Glasnot and Perestoika?

Answer 6

-Loss of control of Easten Europe.

-Fall of the Berlin wall in 1989

-End of the Warsaw pact in 1991