The Collapse of the Soviet Union

Economic and ____________ reforms were occurring within the Soviet Union through the leadership of

their leader, Mikhail Gorbachev.

• social

• military

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Slowly, Gorbachev took the steps needed to ________________ their communist government.

• dismantle

• strengthen

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

He slowly began releasing government control of citizens by increasing ____________________ and

provided more ____________________ to Soviet citizens.

• economic opportunities, money

• personal freedoms, economic opportunities

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

As reforms spread throughout this region of the world, the Soviet Union was no longer _____________.

• stable

• unstable

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

In 1991, _________________ faced aggression within its own country and a resistance formed.

• Gorbachev

• Stalin

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CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

Communist hardliners within the government were poised to change the country back to its

traditional _____________ system.

• communist

• democratic

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Their plan was to accomplish government takeover through a _______________.

• social coup (takeover)

• military coup (takeover)

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

This failed due to their soldiers’ _______________ to cooperate.

• eagerness

• unwillingness

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

As a result, the Soviet Union ________________ into fifteen newly separate countries.

• came together

• disintegrated (came apart)

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

These countries became loosely aligned in a “_____________________ of Independent States,” with each existing as a separate independent country.

• Commonwealth

• Country

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A