GCSE History Knowledge Test
UNIT 1: 3 Why did the Cold War end?
Détente
Razryadka
Outer Space
Treaty
Nuclear NonProliferation
Treaty
The search for peace.
The Russian word for Détente.
1967: stopped the arms race spreading to outer space, no nuclear
weapons could be placed in space by either superpower.
1968: agreed that neither superpower would supply nuclear weapons
to other states or help other states to develop nuclear weapons.
(Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty) 1972: imposed limits on the nuclear
developments of the USSR and USA.
SALT 1
Apollo-Soyuz
Mission
Helsinki
Agreement
1975: a joint space mission.
Kabul Revolution
Taraki
Amin
Karmal
Carter
Carter Doctrine
Economic
Sanctions
SALT 2
Moscow
Olympics`
Olympic Boycott
Games
LA Olympics
‘Second Cold
War’
Reagan
‘Evil Empire’
SDI
Gorbachev
Chernobyl
1975: an agreement with terms surrounding security, co-operation and
human rights of 35 countries.
April 1978: the overthrow of the Afghanistan government for a
Communist one.
Communist President of Afghanistan who quickly became an ally of the
USSR.
After a Civil War between Communist and Muslims, became the Prime
Minister of the USSR (as well as Head of the Army).
An Afghani Communist who argued that he could reclaim the country
back from the Muslim rebels with Soviet help.
US President 1977-81
Response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan taking steps to try and
remove Soviet troops from the country.
A restriction on trade with another country.
1. Signed by Carter and Brezhnev in June 1979 but it response to the
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, it never became law.
1980: Boycott led by UAS of around sixty countries.
Set up by the US as an alternative to the boycotted Moscow Olympics.
1984: the USSR and 14 Communist countries refused to attend.
1979-85: a period which marked a new low in superpower relations.
US President 1981-89
Reagan’s view of the Soviet Empire.
(Strategic Defence Imitative)’Star Wars’, USA’s plan taking the arms
race to a new level.
Last leader of the USSR until its collapse 1985-91
April 1986: site of nuclear disaster
Perestroika
Glasnost
Geneva Summit
Reykjavik
Meeting
INF Treaty
Bush
Malta Summit
CFE Agreement
START 1
‘Gang of Eight’
(Restructuring) Economic reforms designed to make the Soviet
economy more efficient.
(Openness) Censorship of the press was to be relaxed.
Nov 1985: relationship formed between Reagan and Gorbachev but no
formal agreement on arms control reached.
Oct 1986: No agreements reached on arms control.
(Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces) Dec 1987: eliminated all nuclear
missiles with a range of 500-5500 kilometres.
US President 1989-93
1989: Meeting between Gorbachev and Bush – worked on agreements
that were to be CFE and START 1.
1990: set limits to the non-nuclear forces that the Warsaw Pact and
NATO could have in Europe.
1991: set limits to the numbers of nuclear weapons.
Organised a coup which temporarily removed Gorbachev from power.