modern world history Europe

In 1991, the Soviet Union fell.  After that:

• it became Russia and 14 other republics.
• the Warsaw Pact continued.
• Khruschev regained power in Russia.
• the Yugoslavs joined Russia to form a massive empire.

The first leader of Russia after the fall of the USSR, who tried to shock it into capitalism, was:

• Boris Yeltsin
• Vladimir Putin
• Leonid Brezhniv
• Fidel Castro

The loose federation of former Soviet States is:

• the Warsaw Pact
• the Commonwealth of Independent States
• NATO
• the United Nations

Why has Russia struggled since the fall of the Soviet Union?

• it has had no allies, and hasn't been allowed to be a part of the United Nations
• the change from communism to capitalism has been difficult
• the change from capitalism to communism has been difficult
• it has been at war in the Balkans constantly

Why did Czechoslovakia split into two countries in 1993?

• there was a genocide occurring there under Milosivic
• the Soviet Union was trying to take over
• two nationalities couldn't agree on who should have power in the nation
• NATO invaded and overthrew communism

Unlike the breakup of Yugoslavia, the breakup of Czechoslovakia was:

• violent
• due to ethnic cleansing
• based on communism
• peaceful

Six republics that made up Yugoslavia brokeup due to __________.

• democracy
• nationalism
• limited government
• capitalism

In Yugoslavia in the 1990s, Slobodan Milosivic carried out a _____________, in which he tried to get certain nationalities out of the country or kill them.

• capitalist
• communist government
• empire
• ethnic cleansing

After the death of Communist leader Tito in 1980, Yugoslavia:

• peacefully broke up into two nations
• became less stable and communism broke down.
• has remained communist until today
• is still a member of NATO

When the Berlin Wall fell:

• East Germany remained communist.
• West Germany remained communist.
• Germany reunited as a democratic country.
• The Soviet Union took over the entire country.