Quiz  /  Soviet Afghanistan War

  • 1. 
    What were the Afghanistan soldiers who were fighting the Soviet Union called?

  • Afghanistan Revolutionary Army
  • DRA
  • Mujahideen
  • Defenders of the Faith

  • 2. 
    Who was president of the Soviet Union at the start of the Afghanistan War?

  • Mikhail Gorbachev
  • Leonid Brezhnev
  • Nikita Khrushchev
  • Joseph Stalin

  • 3. 
    What made the war difficult for the Soviet Union army?

  • All of the above
  • The Afghanis were fighting for their homeland
  • The mountains provided lots of good places to hide
  • The terrain was difficult and the Soviet army did not have the equipment for it

  • 4. 
    What did the United States boycott in 1980 in order to protest the war?

  • The UEFA Cup
  • The World Cup
  • The Olympics
  • The World Series

  • 5. 
    When did the Soviet Afghanistan War end?

  • 1992
  • 1975
  • 1989
  • 1982

  • 6. 
    True or false: The Soviet Afghanistan War is often compared to the Vietnam War for the United States.

  • TRUE
  • FALSE

  • 7. 
    What major superpower supported the Afghanistan rebels with arms including surface-to-air missiles?

  • France
  • Soviet Union
  • United States
  • Great Britain

  • 8. 
    Who were the two presidents of the United States during the Soviet Afghanistan War?

  • Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford
  • George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan
  • Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter
  • Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon

  • 9. 
    Who was the Soviet leader who put an end to the war?

  • Vladimir Putin
  • Nikita Khrushchev
  • Leonid Brezhnev
  • Mikhail Gorbachev

  • 10. 
    True or false: The war left the country of Afghanistan in rubble as one of the poorest countries in the world.

  • FALSE
  • TRUE
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