Mod World Hist Unit I Quiz

In what year was the Hungarian Uprising

• 1954

• 1955

• 1956

• 1957

Who was the Hungarian Prime Minister who was removed from power at the start of the uprising?

• Khrushchev

• Rakosi

• Nagy

• Stalin

What was the reaction of the Soviet Union?

• there was none
• 500, 000 warsaw pact troops, 70 killed
• 1000 tanks 40, 000 killed
• 70 tanks 400 killed

How did Khrushchev react to the Hungarian Uprising?

• Sent in tanks

• Nothing

• Sent flowers

• Banged his shoe on the table

What was the Warsaw Pact

• A military agreement in Eastern Europe

• A military agreement in the West

• An agreement to help North Korea

• An attempt by the USSR to support East Europe economically

The events that took place in Hungary in the 1950s and in Czechoslovakia in the 1960s demonstrated the Soviet Union’s

• support of nationalism among satellite nations

• influence on the economies of developing nations

• determination to maintain political control over Eastern Europe at that time

• attempts to promote its artistic and literary achievements in Western Europe

After World War II, the Soviet Union established satellites in Eastern Europe primarily to

• promote democracy

• expand Soviet power

• prevent the rise of new socialist regimes

• persuade Western Europe to abandon military alliances

“De-Stalinization” occurred thanks to Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. True or False?

• TRUE

• FALSE

Who was ruler of Communist Czechoslovakia in 1967?

• Brezhnev

• Novotny

• Dubcek

• Rakosi

Which one of these was NOT a reason for unrest in Czechoslovakia in 1968?

• High employment

• High unemployment

• Government repression

• No freedom of speech