Quiz on Laura Cummings Perestroika Collapse USSR

Gorbachev's Perestroika was similar to

• Lenin's New Economic Policy

• Stalin's 5 Year Plans

• Brezhnev's economic plans

• War Communism

Gorbachev state that "without ____________ there would have been no perestroika"

• Courage

• Stalin

• Glasnost

• Chernenko

Gorbachev took power in 19__ and was only ___ years old when he took power

• 85, 58

• 58, 85

• 85, 54

• 54,84

What is the correct chronological order of US Presidents, from earlier to latest?

• Truman, Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, Bush,

• Eisenhower, Truman, Bush, Ronald Reagan

• Truman, Eisenhower, Bush, Ronald Reagan

• Kennedy, Truman, Ronald Reagan, Bush

Which of the following have been used to describe Gorbachev's policies?

• Sinatra Doctrine

• New Political Thinking

• New Look

• Perestroika

Perestroika included the following

• Partial reduction of the central planning system

• Introduction of market mechanisms

• Emphasis on quality

• Infusion of new technology

• A new 5 year plan

What were the problems associated with Pereostroika?

• Some felt it was not going fast enough

• Some felt that it was going too fast

• The reforms were causing confusion

• It created distrust of the government

• It created problems with foreign governments who viewed it with suspicion

Reagan started the SDI (_________) to push the Soviet Union to its financial limits.

• Space Defence Industry

• Strategic Defence Initiative

• Strategic Deterrence Initiative

• Security Defence Initiative

After the US learned about Perestroika, Ronald Reagan felt that Gorbachev is

• as tough as any of their leaders

• as stubborn as any of their leaders

• is a different type than past Soviet leaders

• someone we can get along with

Many historians describe Reagan and Thatcher as

• Allied soul mates

• Political soul mates

• Platonic soul mates

• Romantic soul mates