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WorksheetsYear 10 - Fall of Communism in Eastern Bloc
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What does Perestroika mean?
a)
Restructuring' - changing the Soviet econony to factor in more successful aspects of capitalism.
b)
Openness' - more transparency in government, and the ability to criticise government policy without fear of reprisal.
c)
Disaster' - this was the Soviet nickname for the Chernobyl nuclear reactor explosion in 1986, which hugely undermined the Soviet regime.
d)
Pre-striking' - the Soviet term referring to the use of ABMs to destroy incoming missiles.
2.
What does Glasnost mean?
a)
Openness' - more transparency in government (like glass!), and the ability to criticise government policy without fear of reprisal.
b)
Restructuring' - changing the Soviet econony to factor in more successful aspects of capitalism.
c)
Embarassment - the Soviet term to describe the disaster at Chernobyl in April 1986.
d)
No borders - the removal of 'hard' borders all around the edges of the Iron Curtain.
3.
What was the Brezhnev Doctrine (abandoned by Gorbachev)?
a)
No country is allowed to reject Communism - if they do, all Warsaw Pact countries must step in to bring them back in line.
b)
The US will not tolerate any threat to their interests in the Persian Gulf, and will respond using any means at their disposal.
c)
The US would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from Communism.
d)
Cuba is part of the US sphere of influence.
4.
Why was Gorbachev's attitude towards the satellite states joking referred to as the 'Sinatra' doctrine?
a)
Frank Sinatra had a famous song called 'My Way' - Gorbachev allowed satellite states to do things 'their way', i.e. have the freedom to choose whether to remain communist.
b)
Frank Sinatra was famously affiliated with the New York Mafia - Gorbachev played the role of the 'Mafia', protecting satellite state governments by force.
c)
Frank Sinatra famously had blue eyes, and Gorbachev only allowed blue-eyed leaders to govern satellite states.
d)
Frank Sinatra was known for having violent altercations with employees who crossed him - just like the USSR were with renegade satellite states.
5.
What was the name of the anti-communist trade union that won a landslide victory in Polish elections on June 4th 1989?
a)
Solidarity
b)
Sincerity
c)
Simplicity
d)
Sychronicity
6.
Hungary took down its border with which non-communist country in 1989?
a)
Austria
b)
France
c)
Switzerland
d)
West Germany
7.
The Velvet Revolution on 17th November 1989 saw the Communist government of Czechoslovakia overthrown. What is the name of the new, anti-commmunist Czech president?
a)
Havel
b)
Kadar
c)
Nagy
d)
Dubcek
8.
What happens to the communist leader of Bulgaria, Mladenov, on 11th December 1989?
a)
He resigned on live TV.
b)
He was overthrown and executed.
c)
He lost a free, democratic election.
d)
He died of old age.
9.
What happens to the communist leader of Romania, Ceausescu, on 21st December 1989?
a)
He was overthrown and executed.
b)
He resigned on live TV.
c)
He lost a free, democratic election.
d)
He died of old age.
10.
How does communist control of Yugoslavia end on 23rd December 1989?
a)
Slovenians voted for independence in a free referendum, causing the country to break up into smaller states (e.g. Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina etc)
b)
There was a free, democratic election, and Yugoslavia became a capitalist country.
c)
The communist party leader publicly criticised the USSR and announced he would no longer take orders from the Kremlin.
d)
They brought back the monarchy and were ruled by a king once more.
11.
Which of these is the correct order of countries breaking free in the 1989 'Year of Revolutions', as Communist control collapsed across the eastern bloc:
a)
Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, Yugoslavia
b)
Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Yugoslavkia, Romania, Hungary, Poland
c)
Bulgaria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania
d)
Romania, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria
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