Crash Course Cold War Unwinds

Who was the Soviet leader whose policies of glasnost and perestroika contributed to the end of the Cold War and the collapse of Communist regimes in Eastern Europe?

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Joseph Stalin

What was the name of the policy introduced by Gorbachev that called for more openness and transparency in government institutions and activities in the USSR?

• Glasnost

• Perestroika

• Brezhnev Doctrine

• Stalinism

Which nuclear disaster is mentioned in the passage as an example of the unpleasant facts of life in the USSR that were illuminated by Gorbachev's policies?

• Chernobyl

• Fukushima

• Three Mile Island

• Windscale

Gorbachev's wife, Raisa, was often featured in Western celebrity magazines and was known for her stylish appearance.

• True

• False

Which Soviet leader denounced perestroika as a farce and later stood on a tank in front of the Russian Republic's parliament building to call for mass resistance?

• Boris Yeltsin

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Nikita Khrushchev

In which year did officials in Berlin let East Germans pass through the Berlin Wall, leading to people chanting 'We are one people'?

• 1989

• 1975

• 1995

• 1961

Which country experienced a 'velvet revolution' that was accompanied with comparatively little violence during the collapse of Communism?

• Czechoslovakia

• Poland

• Hungary

• Romania

The Hungarian Parliament commemorated the 1956 Hungarian uprising by boycotting the Communist Holiday of May 1st.

• True

• False

Who was the Yugoslavian politician who claimed that Serbs were an oppressed group and later led the Serb portion of Yugoslavia?

• Slobodan Milosevic

• Franjo Tudjman

• Alija Izetbegovic

• Josip Broz Tito

After the USSR dissolved, which Baltic States declared their independence?

• Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia

• Poland, Ukraine, and Belarus

• Finland, Sweden, and Norway

• Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan