Attempts to reduce tension – ‘new thinking’, summits and INF Treaty

Question 1

Name two reforms introduced by Gorbachev’s to improve the Communist Party

Answer 1

• Perestroika

- Glasnost

Question 2

Describe Perestroika

Answer 2

The Soviet state and economy should be reformed in order to include some of the practices that made capitalism successful.

Question 3

Describe Glasnost

Answer 3

There should be more openness and less corruption in government. It would allow opposition to the government and give the people a better understanding of how the country was run.

Question 4

Give two other examples of how Gorbachev attempted to reduce tension with USA

Answer 4

• Signed various arms reduction agreements.

- Stopped Soviet interference in Eastern European satellite states such as Poland and Czechoslovakia

Question 5

Give an example of a successful summit meeting that took place 1985-90 to discuss arms limitations

Answer 5

Washington, December 1987

Question 6

What did the INF Treaty 1987 eliminate?

Answer 6

Nuclear and ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges of 500-5500km i.e. intermediate and short-range missiles

Question 7

What were both USA and USSR allowed to do under the INF Treaty?

Answer 7

Inspect each other’s military installations

Question 8

Give one reason the INF Treaty was significant

Answer 8

It was the first treaty to reduce the number of nuclear missiles the superpowers possessed. It went further than SALT 1.