Collapse of the Soviet Union

What was the main reason for the economic struggle of the Soviet Union in the 1980s?

• Massive Spending

• Lack of Resources

• Global Recession

• Military Defeat

How many communist nations remain after the collapse of the Soviet Union?

• 9

• 3

• 5

• 7

What effect did Mikhail Gorbachev have on President Reagan’s policies toward the Soviet Union?

• He caused Reagan to become more warlike

• He helped soften Reagan’s policies

• He helped prolong the Cold War

• He caused Reagan to begin a military buildup

What war came to an end as a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union?

• The Vietnam War

• The Soviet Afghanistan War

• The Cold War

• World War II

• World War I

What year did the Soviet Union finally collapse and separate into a number of different countries?

• 1989

• 1991

• 1995

• 2001

• 2004

What did Soviet hardliners try to do that caused the government to collapse a few months later?

• They had Gorbachev killed

• They tried to take over Poland with military force

• They refused to work and asked the people to strike

• They went on television saying that the country was in bad trouble

• Take over the country by kidnapping Gorbachev

How many different countries did the Soviet Union divide into when it dissolved?

• 2

• 4

• 7

• 15

• 22

Which country was considered to be the successor country of the Soviet Union in regards to its military and position in the United Nations?

• Russia

• Ukraine

• Georgia

• Latvia

• Armenia

Which leader of the Soviet Union instituted the reforms of glasnost and perestroika?

• Nikita Kruschev

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Joseph Stalin

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Vladimir Lenin

What did perestroika mean?

• Restructuring

• Industrialization

• Information

• Democracy

• Capitalism