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WorksheetsThe Collapse of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Ruling committee of the Communist Party.
a)
Politburo
b)
Glasnost
c)
CIS
d)
Bolsheviks
2.
Soviet leader who made legislative changes that opened up the Soviet Union to new ideas and economic policies.
a)
Boris Yeltsin
b)
Mikhail Gorbachev
c)
Nikita Kruschev
d)
Lech Walesa
3.
The concept of opening up Soviet society through the publishing of previously banned books, the free flow of ideas (press), and releasing political prisoners.
a)
Perestroika
b)
Shock Therapy
c)
Glasnost
d)
Solidarity
4.
The loosening of government control and regulation relating Soviet businesses.
a)
Glasnost
b)
Perestroika
c)
CIS
d)
Shock Therapy
5.
This country declared itself independent of the Soviet Union in 1990. Premier Gorbachev immediately sent in troops and 14 people were killed.
a)
Estonia
b)
Latvia
c)
Lithuania
d)
Belarus
6.
Which of the following was NOT a progressive decision made by Premier Gorbachev?
a)
Ending the arms race with the US
b)
Allowing for open elections
c)
Glasnost (political openness)
d)
Shock Therapy
7.
A loose federation of 15 republics, including Russia, that formed an economic alliance after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
a)
CIS
b)
USSR
c)
NATO
d)
Warsaw Pact
8.
The policy aimed at transitioning Russia from a communist to a free market (capitalist) economy.
a)
Glasnost
b)
Shock Therapy
c)
Perestroika
d)
Socialism
9.
The hand-picked successor of Boris Yeltsin
a)
Vladamir Putin
b)
Victor Yuschenko
c)
Mikail Gorbachev
d)
Dmitry Medvedev
10.
Russia dealt harshly with uprisings in what southern territory?
a)
Dagestan
b)
Chechnya
c)
Sochi
d)
Crimea
11.
The term that describes the Polish worker's movement of the 1980's.
a)
Solidarity
b)
Civil Disobedience
c)
Krakow March
d)
Polish Unification
12.
Polish leader of the Solidarity movement who was thrown in jail for causing political change
a)
Nicolae Ceausescu
b)
Lech Walesa
c)
Vladamir Putin
d)
Boris Yeltsin
13.
This country, inspired by Polish separation from the Soviet Union, removed the Communist Party from power and joined NATO in 1999.
a)
Ukraine
b)
Hungary
c)
Germany
d)
Yugoslavia
14.
This country experienced reunification in 1990.
a)
Germany
b)
Czech Republic
c)
Slovakia
d)
Yugoslavia
15.
The separation of Czechoslovakia, and the subsequent consequences, were similar to many former Soviet-controlled territories. These issues were predominantly ___________________________.
a)
Economic
b)
Political
c)
Social
d)
Atypical
16.
Which of the following ethnic territories (groups) was NOT a part of the former Yugoslavia?
a)
Slovenia
b)
Croatia
c)
Bosnia-Herzegovina
d)
Ukraine
17.
Which country supported ethnic Serbians who opposed the separation of Bosnia-Herzegovina?
a)
Serbia
b)
Croatia
c)
Slovenia
d)
Macedonia
18.
Bosnian Serbs, supported by Serbia, engaged in _______________________________ as they fougt against Bosnian Muslims during the separation of Yugoslavia.
a)
Ethnic Cleansing
b)
Blitzkrieg
c)
Chemical Warfare
d)
Identity Politics
19.
These were the first two countries to separate from Yugoslavia.
a)
Germany and Hungary
b)
Serbia and Kosovo
c)
Slovenia and Croatia
d)
Bosnia and Serbia
20.
Which ideology drove countries to separate from the former Yugoslavia?
a)
Communism
b)
Capitalism
c)
Nationalism
d)
Imperialism
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