Divided World
Austria and Vienna were divided into how many occupational zones?
4
First leader of the USSR. Was involved in WWII.
Joseph Stalin
What is an arms race?
A competition to strengthen each side's armed forces and weapons system
In what year was it established?
1991
Who was the dictator of Cuba when Fidel Castro led his revolution?
Fulgencio Batista
West Germany was established as _________
Federal Republic of Germany
Leader of the USSR after Stalin. In power during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Nikita Khrushchev
What does NPT stand for?
Non-Proliferation Treaty
Who is the current president of Russia?
Vladimir Putin
What was the name of the failed invasion of the US?
Bay of Pigs
German Democratic Republic
Leader of the USSR after Khrushchev. Reversed the de-Stalinization.
Leonid Brezhnev
In what year was the NPT extended indefinitely? (hint: my year)
1995
Name one country that declared its independence from the USSR by Dec. 1991
Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Belarus, Moldova, etc.
What did the US establish in retaliation of the failed invasion?
An embargo
What was NATO's purpose?
Defend member nations from communism
Last leader of the USSR. Had an interesting forehead.
Mikhail Gorbachev.
Which 5 countries have nuclear weapons and have signed the NPT?
When did Boris Yeltsin resign?
Dec 31, 1999
A blockade
What was the Warsaw Pact?
A military alliance between the Soviet Union and Eastern European nations
First president of the Russian Federation
Boris Yeltsin
What did the nations agreed to with the NPT?
To stop the spread of nuclear weapons
To promote the disarmament
To promote peaceful uses of nuclear energy
What changes were made to Russia's communist politics after Yeltsin became president?
•The Communist party was dissolved
•Statues of party leaders were torn down and cities returned to their pre-revolution names
How was the missile crisis averted?