Soviet Union History Quiz

Who was the general secretary of the Soviet Union from 1985 until its collapse in 1991, and believed that economic and political changes were necessary?

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Boris Yeltsin

• Slobodan Milosevic

What economic program did Boris Yeltsin implement in Russia that involved a shift from a command economy to a free market economy?

• Detente

• Shock Therapy

• glasnost

• Democratization

What was the policy of openness initiated by Gorbachev in the 1980s that increased opportunities for freedom of speech, association, and the press in the Soviet Union?

• Democratization

• Detente

• glasnost

• Shock Therapy

Which term describes the process by which a country transitions from an authoritarian form of government to a representative government and civil rights for citizens?

• glasnost

• Shock Therapy

• Democratization

• Commonwealth of Independent States

What is the Commonwealth of Independent States?

What was the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT) primarily about?

• Economic cooperation between the USA and USSR

• Limitation of nuclear weapons

• Establishment of trade agreements

• Reduction of conventional military forces

What led to the fall of communism in Eastern Europe in 1989?

• Economic prosperity

• Military intervention by NATO

• Nationalist opposition and protests led by trade unions

• A peace treaty with the Western nations

What was the main goal of Mikhail Gorbachev's economic plan known as perestroika?

• Strengthen military forces

• Centralize the Soviet economy

• Decentralize planning towards a market-based economy

• Enhance the private sector exclusively

Who was the first President of Russia after the collapse of the USSR?

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Vladimir Putin

• Boris Yeltsin

• Dmitry Medvedev

What was the significance of the Detente in the 1970s?

• It marked the start of the Cold War

• It was a period of heightened nuclear threats

• It was an attempt to ease tensions between the USA and USSR

• It led to the immediate end of the Cold War