Class will be divided into two groups. Each person will have a number. When you are called, if you get a question right, you get one point. You also get the chance to make more points by throwing the “ball” into the trash can. Line 1 = 1 point. Line 2 = 3 points.
Who established detante with China and the Soviet Union?
Richard Nixon
Who negotiated the Helsinki Accords?
Gerald Ford
Who negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel?
Jimmy Carter
Who took over Iran after the Shah was abdicated from the Iranian throne?
Ayatollah Khomeini
What Russian leader used “perestroika” and “glasnost”?
Mikhail Gorbachev
What Soviet leader worked with Nixon to reduce the number of U.S. and Soviet nuclear weapons?
Leonid Brezhnev
Who supported Afghanistan freedom fighters against the Soviets?
Ronald Reagan
Who was the first Arab leader to recognize Israel as a nation?
Anwar Sadat
What is Realpolitick?
The belief that political goals should be defined by concrete national interests instead of abstract ideologies.
What is Détente?
An easing of Cold War tensions between East and West
Why did the U.S. reach out to China?
Trade benefits, and create division between China and the Soviet Union
What did SALTI accomplish?
Limited the number of ICBMs in the US and Soviet Union, It marks the first attempt to reduce tension between the US and Soviets, and froze the deployment of ICBMs
What happened as a result of the Watergate Hotel incident?
A cover-up recorded on tape led to Congress asking for impeachment and Nixon’s resignation.
What was accomplished at the Camp David Accords?
Egypt recognized Israel as a country
What happened as a result of the U.S. giving medical aid to the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi?
Iran Hostage Crisis
Why did the U.S. withdraw from SALTII?
The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan
What defense system used lasers to destroy missiles before they could reach their strike zone?
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
What was the Iran – Contra affair?
Reagan’s illegal military support of Nicaraguan rebel freedom fighters
What event marked the reunification of Berlin?
The fall of the Berlin Wall
What policy that we studied likely factored in to the fall of communism?
Perestroika
Why did OPEC nations embargo oil shipments to the US in 1973?
Support of the Nation of Israel
What is the purpose of sanctions?
Influence another country to respond favorably by limiting them economically
What was Operation Desert Storm?
The coalition attack against Iraq in 1991 after Iraq had invaded Kuwait
What is the war against Iraq in 1991 also known as?
Persian Gulf War