The Collapse of the Soviet Union

Which sequence of 20th-century Cold War events is in the correct chronological order?

• fall of the Berlin Wall Cuban missile crisis adoption of the Marshall Plan

• Cuban missile crisis fall of the Berlin Wall adoption of the Marshall Plan

• fall of the Berlin Wall adoption of the Marshall Plan Cuban missile crisis

• adoption of the Marshall Plan Cuban missile crisis fall of the Berlin Wall

This 1989 photograph symbolizes the

• end of the Cold War

• importance of the Berlin airlift

• creation of a divided Germany

• fear of Nazism among Germans

-Reunification of East and West Germany

-Restructuring of the economy of the former Soviet Union

-Eastern Europe's extensive political changes

Which is a valid conclusion that can be drawn from a study of these events of the late 1980s and early 1990s?

• The former Soviet Union succeeded in isolating its satellites from Western influences.

• The United Nations forced Communist leaders to accept changes.

• Communist leaders used new strategies to win the cold war.

• Communism did not succeed as a workable political and economic system in Europe.

Mikhail Gorbachev contributed to the fall of communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe by

• introducing the policies of Perestroika and Glasnost

• violating nuclear arms agreements

• invading Afghanistan

• signing the Camp David Accords

One way in which Vladimir Lenin's New Economic Policy and Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of Perestroika are similar is that both

• allowed elements of capitalism within a communist economic system

• strengthened their country's military defenses

• supported censorship of news and of personal correspondence

• increased tensions during the Cold War

Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms of Perestroika and Glasnost resulted in

• an era of world peace and Soviet prosperity

• conditions that helped lead to the breakup of the Soviet Union

• a successful transition to a command economy in Russia

• censorship of the news media in Russia

In the 1980s, Mikhail Gorbachev’s attempts to change the Soviet Union resulted in

• an increase in tensions between India and the Soviet Union

• a strengthening of the Communist Party

• a shift from producing consumer goods to producing heavy machinery

• a series of economic and political reforms

Which action occurred in the Soviet Union under Mikhail Gorbachev?

• Peasants were forced onto collective farms.

• Citizens experienced more personal freedoms under Glasnost.

• The United States and the Soviet Union ended diplomatic relations.

• The Soviet government increased its control over the Orthodox Church.

One reason Mikhail Gorbachev implemented the policies of Glasnost and Perestroika in the Soviet Union was to

• eliminate freedom of speech and press

• destroy the power of the opposition party

• dominate the governments of Eastern Europe

• encourage political discussion and economic reform

In the Soviet Union under Mikhail Gorbachev,

the trend toward private ownership of businesses represented a move away from

• a traditional economy

• a command economy

• a free-market economy

• laissez-faire economics