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6. What restricted US-Soviet trade that was passed by congress?

  • The Jackson-Vanik Amendment
  • The 28th Amendment
  • The Brezhnev Amendment

7. What did basket 2 of the Helsinki Accords agree?

  • The superiority of the West in the creation of high-tech consumer goods
  • To respect human rights
  • To expand trade and share technology
  • The recognition of the Soviet bloc

8. When was SALT 2 signed?

  • January 1976
  • June 1979
  • December 1978
  • August 1979

9. What weakened America's negotiating position?

  • Their nuclear inferiority
  • The Watergate Scandal
  • The state of the economy
  • The Jackson Scandal

10. What was one of the actions of Carter in response to the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan?

  • Increased defence spending by 5%
  • Public TV address condemning communism
  • Hardened anti-communist rhetoric

11. What limits did the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty set?

  • Neither superpower is allowed an Anti-Ballistic Missile
  • Each superpower only allowed 2 Anti-Ballistic Missile Shields
  • Each superpower is allowed 1 Anti-Ballistic Missile Shield
  • Each superpower allowed 1100 Ballistic Missiles

12. Why did Detente appeal to both superpowers?

  • They both needed to reduce their defence budgets
  • They wanted to be friends

13. What did Carter choose to invest in, in 1978?

  • Dagger
  • Spear
  • Trident
  • Hammer

14. How did the state of the US economy contribute to the end of Detente?

  • The US economy was showing signs of revival by 1976
  • The US economy was stagnating
  • The US economy would benefit in increased defence spending

15. When was G7 created?

  • 1975
  • 1980
  • 1969
  • 1952

16. Why was G7 created?

  • To pressure the USSR into making concessions
  • To provide economic co-ordination
  • To restore trust in the Middle Eastern oil market

17. What was the name of the country the US considered to be firmly in its sphere of influence but became communist in 1979?

  • Nicaragua
  • Hawaii
  • Ethiopia

18. What did Anti-Ballistic Missile Shields undermine?

  • The Balance of Terror
  • Nuclear Parity
  • Mutually Assured Destruction
  • Nuclear Monopoly

19. Who advanced the policy of Ostpolitik?

  • Willy Brandt
  • Willy Brandon
  • Henry Kissinger
  • Khrushchev
  • Eisenhower