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Question 1
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Define Detente in the Cold War
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The relaxing of tensions between the USSR and the USA
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The collapse of communism
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The treaties signed by both sides to keep peace
Question 2
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What were pressures for detente on USSR?
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Needed increased trade with other parts of the world e.g USA
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Brezhnev wanted to increase Khrushchev's policy on peaceful co-existence
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Their beliefs in communism were turning to doubts
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Arms spending was crippling the economy
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Brezhnev turned his :-( upside-down
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The UN would only let them join if they had peaceful relations with others
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The USSR fell out with China and needed better relations with the USA
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They intended to cripple the USA's economy from the inside
Question 3
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What were pressures for detente on USA?
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Their economy was crippled; Arms Race, Vietnam War
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They wanted to unite their powers to create a super-super-power
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Losing the Vietnam War hit their confidence
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Losing the Korean War hit their confidence
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Civil rights movement (black = white) was pressure
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USSR - USA = :-( USSR + USA = :-)
Question 4
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What does SALT stand for?
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Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
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Superpowers Agreeing Like That
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Strategic Ammunition Limit Talks
Question 5
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When was SALT created?
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1970
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1969
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1972
Question 6
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What is SALT?
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An agreement limiting each sides's ballistic missiles
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A tasty condiment, usually served with chips
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A treaty to bring the two superpowers's armies together
Question 7
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When and by whom was the Helsinki agreement signed?
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1975, by 35 countries
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1970, by 30 countries
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1975, by two countries
Question 8
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What did the Helsinki Agreement entail?
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That the West would recognise East Germany and the Soviet's boundaries
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That the two should increase trade
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That the USSR could join the UN
Question 9
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What happened in the Soviet Invasion?
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On Xmas Day 1979 Afghanistan was invaded by Soviet troops who killed leader Amin
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On New Year's Day in 1980 Babrak Karmal was their new leader, flown in from the USSR
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Leader Amin allowed Soviets into the country but they overthrew him and took hold of Afghanistan
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Their new leader was Leonid Brezhnev from the USSR
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24th Dec 1980 Afghanistan was invaded by Soviets who respected their country
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25th Dec 1980 Afghanistan was invaded by the USSR who killed Amin
Question 10
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The Mujahedin were joined by:
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USA
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USSR
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Britain
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China
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Hungary
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Czechoslovakia
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