Author Question: Mikhail Gorbachev tried to preserve the Soviet system by __________. A) introducing greater ... (Read 61 times)

Garrulous · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

The Iran-Contra scandal involved the sale of __________ to Iran.

A) weapons
B) food
C) medicine
D) consumer electronics

Question 2

In 1981, Islamist revolutionaries assassinated __________ president Anwar Sadat.

A) Jordanian
B) Lebanese
C) Syrian
D) Egyptian

Question 3

How did Ronald Reagan respond to revelations about the Iran-Contra scandal?

B) He admitted that the plan had been his all along.
C) He claimed he made an effort to stop the plan from being implemented.
D) He claimed that the whole affair had been invented by his political enemies.

Question 4

Why was the bombing of Pan Am Flight 109 over Scotland carried out?

A) in retaliation for the creation of U.S. military bases in Saudi Arabia
B) in retaliation for the shooting down of an Iranian civilian jetliner
C) in retaliation for the establishment of new Jewish settlements in Gaza
D) in retaliation for the U.S. invasion of Iraq

Question 5

Mikhail Gorbachev tried to preserve the Soviet system by __________.

A) introducing greater political liberty
B) abolishing the Communist Party
C) clamping down on political activism
D) increasing military spending