2nd Semester Review

Which political leader introduced programs that moved the USSR away from totalitarianism, and increased economic freedom and political rights?

• Mikhail Gorbechev

• Joseph Stalin

• Boris Yeltsin

• Vladimir Putin

As the economies of Eastern European countries declined, citizens demanded a change to which type of government?

• theocracy

• communism

• democracy

• socialism

What did NOT lead to the collapse of the USSR?

• the growth of resistance movements

• the policies of Mikhail Gorbachev

• the failures of communist economic systems

• the creation of the United Nations

Where was the Berlin wall located? Select ALL that apply

• Berlin

• Soviet Union

• East Germany

• West Germany

Students began protesting for democracy in China in the 1970s

• True

• False

Where did the 1989 protests take place?

• Hong Kong

• Tiananmen Square

• The Great Wall of China

• Shanghai

How did the Chinese government deal with the protestors at Tiananmen Square?

• They asked them to leave

• They let them protest as long as they wanted

• They sent in soldiers and tanks and killed people

In the Iran-Contra Affair, __ sold weapons to __, then used the money from that sale to provide support for anti-Communist rebels fighting in __.

• Iran, Nicaragua, United States

• Nicaragua, United States, Iran

• United States, Iran, Nicaragua

To resist the spread of Communism in Latin America and liberate American hostages, the several US officials became involved in what scandal?

• Watergate
• Whitewater
• Iran-Contra
• Benghazi 

In what year did the Persian Gulf War start?

• 2002
• 1985
• 1990
• 2015