Cold War Ends

Perestroika was...

•  Khrushchev's policy of aggression w/ U.S. 
• Gorbachev' policy of reform and restructuring in the USSR
• Russian term for admiration of a comrade 
• Capital of Sudetenland

What was Gorbachev's 1980s policy of glasnost in the USSR?

• Strict laws against speaking
• Encouraged freedom in speech and governnment
• Anarchy and chaos
• American Rule over Russia

Why did Gorbachev wish to reform the Soviet Union?

• He wanted to go down in history
• He knew that Russia's expenditure on arms (weapons) was unsustainable
• He was a capitalist at heart
• He was secretly working for the West

What happened to East and West Germany after the Fall of the Berlin Wall?

• They kept the same political system
• They unified into one democratic country
• They unified into one communist country
• They rebuilt the wall.

During the Cold War, which event happened last?

• Launching of SPUTNIK
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Berlin Airlift
• Destruction of Berlin Wall

What type of economic system encourages private ownership?

• Capitalism
• Command Economy
• Dictatorship
• Mercantilism

Glasnost and perestroika were Gorbachev’s policies of _____ and _____ for the Soviet Union.

• openness; rebuilding
• openness; honesty
• rebuilding; honesty
• rebuilding; restructuring

What did the destruction of the Berlin Wall symbolize, even though it ended two years later in the Soviet Union?

• the fall of communism
• the fall of capitalism
• the end of the Vietnam War
• the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis

The Berlin Wall was constructed to stop movement of people between East & West Germany.  What was the main difference between the two countries?

• East Germany was communist and West Germany was democratic and capitalist
• East Germany was a free state and West Germany was occupied by Europe
• East Germany was democratic and West Germany was a dictatorship
• East Germany was Christian and West Germany was Muslim

Which of the following countries is highlighted on the map?

• Russia
• Ukraine
• United Kingdom
• Romania