According to the text, the meeting between President Gorbachev of the Soviet Union and President George H.W. Bush that marked a watershed in ending the Cold War was the
a. Malta Summit of 1989.
b. Washington Summit of 1990.
c. Paris Conference of 1990.
d. Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) Summit of 1991.
e. London Summit of 1991.
The _________ took several concrete steps to solidify the new U.S.Soviet relationship by signing for the destruction of each nation's chemical arsenal by the year 2002 and accelerated negotiations for the START Treaty and the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty.
a. Washington Summit
b. Malta Summit
c. Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE)
d. North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
e. Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty
Prior to the August 1991 coup, what change(s) occurred in the Soviet Union?
a. Efforts were made to institutionalize democratic political reforms and Western-style market reforms.
b. Pressure for greater autonomy and even independence was placed on Moscow by some of the constituent republics.
c. The Soviet Union implemented glasnost and perestroika to increase efficiency.
d. Voting was held for seats in the new legislative body, the Congress of People's Deputies.
e. All of the above are true.
What highly symbolic event of ending the Cold War occurred on November 9, 1989?
a. Belgium reunited the Walloons and Flemish population.
b. The Berlin Wall came down.
c. The political party Solidarity began operating in Poland.
d. The Apartheid Act was signed.
e. The Baltic Republics gained independence.
The American intervention in Panama resulted in which of the following scenarios?
a. General Noriega was captured and returned to the United States to stand trial for drug trafficking.
b. President Bush declared Noriega's regime was illegitimate.
c. The Bush administration gave lukewarm support to a coup attempt that failed.
d. Options A and B are true.
e. All of the above are true.
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