Soviet union - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

History of the Soviet Union - DSST What is the Red Cavalry? - ANS-This book is about the POLISH-SOVIET WAR How long did the German Seige in Lenningrad last? - ANS-Known as the 900-Day Siege, it lasted 872 days. The era of stagnation would be best associated with which Soviet Union leader? - ANSBrezhnev How many Russian soldiers died in Afghanistan - ANS-15,000 Who helped design Glasnost?? - ANS-Aleksandr Yakovlev What did the US do in response to the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanis...

Latin America 2024 Exam Questions and Answers All Correct What was the Cold War? - Answer-A post WWII rivalry between the US and the communist USSR It was called "cold" because the two superpowers avoided direct war. It was an important reason behind US actions in Latin America from 1945 to 1989. Cuba, as a communist Latin American country, had an active role in the war and was opposed by the US. The Truman Doctrine and Greece and Turkey - Answer-The Communist People's Liberation Army ...

C121 why were the US and the Soviet Union allies during WWII but at the end of the war the C121 why were the US and the Soviet Union allies during WWII but at the end of the war they were suspicious of one another? Connect the arms race- the buildup of nuclear weapons- to the tension between the two rivals.  What specific weapons did they invent on both sides?  Why did each side keep escalating the weapons buildup?  Why did the arms race lead the two powers to the brink of war?The US-Soviet ...

Operation Barbarossa Codename for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II -- led to USSR joining the Allies Sudetenland An area in western Czechoslovakia that was coveted by Hitler. Germany thought it was rightfully theirs due to the large German speaking population. Germany eventually seized all of Czechoslovakia, and then went on to threaten Poland. Nazi-Soviet Pact (1939) Master01 | September, 2024/2025 | Latest update 1 | P a g e | © copyright 2024...

Russian Revolution Exam Questions and Answers All Correct Which statement describes a similarity between the French Revolution and the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia? - Answer-Both revolutions were the result of government denial of basic human rights and stressful economic conditions. The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 was a major turning point in history because - Answer-Russia became the first nation with a communist economic system Which type of political system did V. I. Lenin, Adolf H...

PDG Study Guide (SSGT) "Extremely Important" Fidel Castro overthrew the dictator of Cuba in _____. Promising ______ and instead instituting _______. - 1959, free elections, a socialist dictatorship. In 1960 President ______ authorized the CIA to plan an invasion of Cuba using ______ as troops. - Eisenhower, Cuban exiles. Eisenhower hoped that, in conjunction with the invasion, the Cuban people would ______ and install a _______. - Overthrow Castro, pro-United States government. ...

Technological innovation in the 20th century led to all of the following developments except: correct answersA silicon computer chips. B vaccines. C the internet. D chemotherapy. B Which of the following was most influential in policy governing partitioned Germany following World War II? correct answersA the need to keep Germany economically divided B efforts to extract reparations for the war C the desire to aid in economic recovery D conflict between the United States and t...

"Let one hundred flowers bloom" - Chairman Mao Zedong's "Let a hundred flowers bloom; let a hundred schools of thought contend". This slogan was used during the period of approximately six weeks in the summer of 1957 when the Chinese intelligentsia were invited to criticize the political system then obtaining in Communist China. It is sometimes suggested that the initiative was a deliberate attempt to flush out dissidents by encouraging them to show themselves as critical of the regime....

AMH 2020 Final Review University Of Central Florida Question and answers verified to pass AMH 2020 Final Review What are the various phases of of the cold war? - correct answer Containment Massive Retaliation (nuclear attack to soviet if they tried to attack a US ally) Detente Define Detente: - correct answer Period of improved relations between the US and communist countries, specifically the Soviet Union and china, during the Nixon administration. What were early cold war in...

Aviation exam questions and answers with verified solutions 1. what are the main components of a jet engine? c. intake, compressor,combustor, turbine, and exhaust 2. the part of the "stack" of the space transport system that looks like an airplane is called the _________. a. orbiter 3. Skylab, the united states' first space station, was used to _____________. c. preform medical examination and observations of earth 4. fill in the blank: the first american astronaut who flew ...