Collapse of the Soviet Union

Collapse of the Soviet Union

9th - 12th Grade

10 Qs

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9th - 12th Grade

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Head of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991. His liberalization effort improved relations with the West, but he lost power after his reforms led to the collapse of Communist governments in eastern Europe.

Boris Yeltsin

Vladimir Putin

Leonid Brezhnev

Mikhail Gorbachev

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

President of the Russian Republic in 1991. Helped end the USSR and force Gorbachev to resign.

Boris Yeltsin

Vladimir Putin

Leonid Brezhnev

Mikhail Gorbachev

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Current president of Russia; moved Russia closer to an authoritarian rule

Mikhail Gorbachev

Boris Yeltsin

Vladimir Putin

Leonid Brezhnev

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Soviet leader from 1962 to 1984 who is most known internationally for actions such as his hard-line stance against the pro-democracy Prague Spring protesters in 1968 and well as overseeing Russia's long, costly, and futile war in Afghanistan.

Mikhail Gorbachev

Boris Yeltsin

Vladimir Putin

Leonid Brezhnev

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

A policy of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev which called for more openness with the nations of West, and a relaxing of restraints on Soviet citizenry.

Perestroika

Glasnost

Lithuania

Cold War

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

A policy initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev that involved restructuring of the social and economic status quo in communist Russia towards a market based economy and society

Glasnost

Perestroika

Lithuania

Cold War

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years.

Glasnost

Perestroika

Lithuania

Cold War

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