The Helsinki Accords (1975, United States) — Questions and answers

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What significant event happened in Helsinki on October 1, 1975?

Choices

  1. Gerald Ford and Leonid Brezhnev shook hands. ✓
  2. Thirty-five flags were taken down.
  3. The world went unaware of any tensions.
  4. A new flag was created.

Answer: Gerald Ford and Leonid Brezhnev shook hands.

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What was the Soviet Union hoping to achieve with the Helsinki Accords?

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  1. To gain concessions on human rights.
  2. To start a new Cold War.
  3. To get its post-World War II borders recognized. ✓
  4. To reconcile with West Germany.

Answer: To get its post-World War II borders recognized.

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What did Willy Brandt want to discuss with Erich Honecker?

Choices

  1. The color of the flags.
  2. The division of Europe and reunification. ✓
  3. How to settle new borders.
  4. Who had short dark hair.

Answer: The division of Europe and reunification.

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What issue became a big problem for Gerald Ford regarding Augusto Pinochet's regime?

Choices

  1. Pinochet's choice of military uniform.
  2. The fact that Pinochet was stern-faced.
  3. Human rights abuses committed by Pinochet's regime. ✓
  4. Pinochet's advice to Henry Kissinger.

Answer: Human rights abuses committed by Pinochet's regime.

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What did Andrei Sakharov tirelessly campaign for?

Choices

  1. A new style of glasses.
  2. More powerful voices.
  3. Human rights within the Soviet Union. ✓
  4. Becoming a tall, thin man.

Answer: Human rights within the Soviet Union.

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What did Václav Havel and other dissidents create to monitor human rights abuses?

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  1. A new type of mustache.
  2. Helsinki Watch Groups. ✓
  3. Charismatic groups.
  4. Soviet bloc states.

Answer: Helsinki Watch Groups.

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What did the Helsinki Accords become for many people?

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  1. A new way to prevent exile.
  2. A framework for governments to hide abuses.
  3. A beacon of hope. ✓
  4. A document that nobody read.

Answer: A beacon of hope.

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What do the Helsinki Accords demonstrate about diplomacy?

Choices

  1. That words have no impact on history.
  2. The power of diplomacy, even with big divides. ✓
  3. That sailors always sail rivers of starlight.
  4. That history cannot be changed.

Answer: The power of diplomacy, even with big divides.

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