Social Studies Study Guide:
End of Cold War
Directions: This will be the last grade before progress reports! Use your notes and vocabulary cards to completely answer the following questions.
Have your parent/guardian sign your completed study guide and turn it in before the test to have your grade boosted to the next letter grade (A's +5 points).
Credit will not be given for incomplete, unsigned, or inadequately signed study guides.
- What happened during the Yom Kippur war?
- Why was the 1973 oil embargo imposed on the U.S. and by whom? What was the effect?
- How did President Carter's foreign policy balance human rights and the goal of preventing communist takeovers of countries by opposition rebels?
- Why do many Iranians dislike the U.S.?
- What happened when the exiled Shah of Iran entered the U.S. for cancer treatments?
- Why were the Iranian hostages held, and why were they released?
- Describe what the Panama Canal treaty did.
- Describe what the Camp David Accords were and what they accomplished.
- What were the effects of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan on the U.S. and on the Soviet Union?
- What were the reasons Ronald Reagan was elected over Jimmy Carter in 1980?
- What was the effect of Reagan's increased military spending on the U.S. and Soviet economies?
- Describe the two major reforms that Mikhail Gorbachev instituted in the Soviet Union.
- Why did Gorbachev cut support for communist bloc countries? What was the result?
- What symbolism did the fall of the Berlin wall have?
- Describe how the Soviet Union dissolved into 15 separate republics.
- What was the cause of the Persian Gulf war, and was the U.S. response?
- What was the result of the Gulf War, and what were the terms of the cease fire?
- What are some of the foreign policy problems the U.S. is likley to face in the near future?
You will be responsible for all vocabulary terms.
Your test will be:
2nd & 4th periods: Thurs. Oct 22
3rd & 7th periods: Fri. Oct 23
