TB 49b

What did Gorbachev hope to achieve through the policies ?

• increased control of Eastern European countries

• the revitalization and modernization of the Soviet Union

• increased cooperation between Soviet satellite states

What led to the Velvet Revolution?

• the collapse of other Warsaw Pact governments

• the Soviet suppression of the Hungarian Uprising

What type of reforms did Nikita Khrushchev implement when he came to power in the Soviet Union?

• He reduced the amount of government censorship.

• He expanded protections of religious freedom.

• He gave Soviet satellite states their independence.

What was NOT a cause of the dissolution of the Soviet Union?

• perestroika and glasnost policies

• overspending on the military

• a struggling command economy

• direct combat with the United States

Which statement about the Soviet Union under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev is correct?

• Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and the United States became further strained.

• Soviet citizens experienced more personal freedoms as a result of reform measures.

Where did the reform movement that brought an end to communist rule in Eastern Europe begin?

• Poland

• Czechoslovakia

• Hungary

By 1988, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev expanded his reforms to include the

• militarization of police forces.

• democratization of the political system.

• nationalization of major industries.