International responses to the Prague Spring | Exit Quiz | Oak National Academy

Which military alliance was made up of Eastern European communist states?

(a)  

Answer explanation

The Warsaw Pact was a military alliance of Eastern European countries led by the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

Which communist countries supported Dubček's reforms during the Prague Spring?

• East Germany

• Poland

• Romania

• USSR

• Yugoslavia

Answer explanation

Romania and Yugoslavia both declared support for Czechoslovakia during the Prague Spring.

How many troops invaded Czechoslovakia in August 1968?

(a)  

Answer explanation

500 000 Warsaw Pact troops invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968.

What war was the US fighting at the same time as the invasion of Czechoslovakia?

• Second World War

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

• Gulf War

Answer explanation

At the time of the invasion of Czechoslovakia, the US was fighting the Vietnam War. The US was not interested in being drawn into another difficult conflict in the Soviet sphere of influence.

Why did a meeting between Alexander Dubček and the Yugoslav leader Josip Tito increase Soviet concerns about Czechoslovakia?

• Yugoslavia was a member of NATO.

• Yugoslavia was not a member of the Warsaw Pact.

• Yugolsavia had stopped being communist.

Answer explanation

While Tito was a communist, Yugoslavia was not a member of the Warsaw Pact and Tito was regarded with great suspicion in the Soviet Union. Thus, Soviet fears that Czechoslovakia would leave the Warsaw Pact remained high.

Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.

• 500 000 troops invaded Czechoslovakia.

• Dubček is replaced as leader by Husák.

• Ordinary people built barricades to resist the invasion.

• Warsaw Pact leaders put pressure on Brezhnev to put an end to Dubček's reforms.

• Dubček hosted a visit from Tito, leader of Yugoslavia.

Answer explanation

Dubček's reforms concerned other members of the Warsaw Pact who invaded Czechoslovakia in August 1968 to put an end to the Prague Spring. Although the invasion was resisted by ordinary people, the reforms were reversed and Dubček was replaced.