Understanding Perestroika and Glasnost: The Soviet Reforms

What is the primary goal of Ground News as described in the video?

• To sell news subscriptions

• To provide entertainment through news

• To support only one political view

• To offer unbiased news perspectives

What major problem did the USSR face in the 1980s that led to the need for reforms?

• Overproduction of consumer goods

• Economic prosperity

• Internal crises and economic struggles

• Stable political leadership

What was the main objective of Perestroika?

• To increase military spending

• To centralize the economy further

• To restrict business operations

• To revitalize the Soviet economy

Which sector was particularly neglected in the Soviet economy before Perestroika?

• International trade

• State propaganda

• Consumer goods

• Military

How did Perestroika aim to change the Soviet economic system?

• By promoting state control over all businesses

• By introducing elements of free market and competition

• By eliminating all private businesses

• By increasing imports from the West

What was the primary aim of Glasnost?

• To suppress public opinion

• To reduce government transparency

• To increase military transparency

• To increase government transparency and reduce censorship

Which famous Russian writer's works became more accessible due to Glasnost?

• Fyodor Dostoevsky

• Leo Tolstoy

• Alexander Solzhenitsyn

• Vladimir Nabokov

Which policy allowed citizens to criticize the government without fear of imprisonment?

• Perestroika

• Glasnost

• Brezhnev Doctrine

• Stalinist policies

What was a direct consequence of the policies of Perestroika and Glasnost?

• Strengthening of the Soviet Union

• Dissolution of the Soviet Union

• Unchanged political landscape

• Decrease in public freedom

What significant event in Eastern Europe was influenced by Gorbachev's reforms?

• The construction of the Berlin Wall

• The fall of the Berlin Wall

• The start of the Cold War

• The expansion of the European Union