Quiz on Perestroika and Glasnost

How many years did the Andropov and Chernenko regime last colletively?

• 2

• 4

• 3

• 5

Gorbachev chose to align the policy of Perestroika with this previous leader. Who did he align himself with and why did he do it?

(a)  

How many Russian presidents were in power when Regan was president?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

How old was Gorbachev when he assumed power?

• 35

• 45

• 65

• 55

Regan's initial policy to deal with the Soviet Union was to ...

• Conduct disarmament talks so as to achieve peace

• Spend heavily on rearmament so as to be able to strike fear into the Soviet Union

• Spend heavily on rearmament so as to be cause the Soviet Union to also spend a similar amount

• Conduct negotiations with the Soviet Union at the United Nations to persuade it to abandon communism

Which country's prime minister was a staunch ally of Ronald Reagan in his strategy to contain the Soviet Union?

• Winston Churchill of the United Kingdom

• Margaret Thatcher of the United Kingdom

• Deng Xiaoping of the People's Republic of China

• Francois Mitterrand of France

Glasnost allowed the Soviet People to ...(Can choose more than one answer)

• See what life in western democratic countries are

• Legally voice dissenting opinions

• Engage in free-market economic activity

• Have a job

What was the problem in the Soviet Union government that caused the people to lose faith in it due to it not being able to live up to its own high moral standards.

(a)  

Why do you think Gorbachev should be credited for the peaceful ending of the Cold War even though the Soviet Union was too weak to continue the arms race.

Which group of people tried to remove Gorbachev in a coup?

• Conservative Hardliners

• Revolutionary liberals

• Ethnic based nationalists

• Members of the Warsaw Pact