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

What is the main idea of the cartoon?

• Eastern European satellite nations have been a liability to the Soviet Union.

• The Soviet Union produces more industrial goods than China produces.

• The standard of living in Communist nations needs improvement.

• Most communistic nations are wealthier than capitalistic nations.

Which is a valid conclusion based on this 1990 cartoon?

• Communism was failing as an economic system in the Soviet Union.

• Economic changes within the Soviet Union were leading to the death of capitalism.

• Gorbachev's economic reforms were intended to reverse the earlier Soviet policy of national health insurance.

• The Soviet Union was investing heavily in medical technology.

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

The goal of Mikhail Gorbachev’s policies of Perestroika and Glasnost was to

• stop expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) into Eastern Europe

• expand collectivization and communes

• stimulate economic growth and political discussion

• resume development of Soviet nuclear weapons

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

• signing the Camp David Accords

• introducing the policies of Perestroika and Glasnost

• invading Afghanistan

• violating nuclear arms agreements

*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.

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

• eliminate freedom of speech and press

• encourage political discussion and economic reform

• dominate the governments of Eastern Europe

• destroy the power of the opposition party

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

• censorship of the news media in Russia

• a successful transition to a command economy in Russia

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