Fall of the Soviet Union Quiz

What event symbolizes the failure of communism in Europe?

• The collapse of the Berlin Wall

• The failure of Glastnost and Perestroika

• The dropping of atomic weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• The burning of the Eiffel Tower

Mikhail Gorbachev is given credit for privatizing Russia with

• Glastnost and Perestroika

• the Berlin Wall

• Five-Year Plans

• Collective Farms

When was Glastnost and Perestroika introduced into the Russian economy?

• During WWI

• Prior to WWII

• At the beginning of the Cold War (1950s)

• At the end of the Cold War (1980s)

This term translates from Russian as "openness" and refers to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of being more open to the West in economic and political discussion.  It showed the the Soviet Union's hard-line Communism was not sustainable and that many beyond the Iron Curtain were ready to end the Cold War in favor of more open diplomacy.  Of course, Vladimir Putin is ruining that.  

• Perestroika
• Glasnost
• Apartheid 
• Detente

Which political leader introduced programs that moved the USSR away from totalitarianism, and increased economic freedom and political rights?

• Mikhail Gorbechev

• Joseph Stalin

• Boris Yeltsin

• Vladimir Putin

Which new Soviet policy granted the people of the USSR more decision making power and greater access to private ownership of businesses?

• perestroika

• glasnost

• democratization

• shock therapy

What event in history established the USSR as a communist state?

• Russian Revolution of 1917

• Chinese Civil War

• World War I

• 9/11

In what month and year did the USSR cease to exist?

• September 2001

• January 1962

• December 1991

• July 1776

The end of the Cold War symbolized a triumph of _______________ over __________________.

• Russia, the US

• Communism, Democracy

• Democracy, Totalitarianism

• Virginia, Texas Tech

If you paid attention to the video you will know that John Green used his open letter to go on a rant complaining about who?

• Vladimir Putin

• Joseph Stalin

• Kim Jong Il

• Harry Truman