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WorksheetsFall of the Berlin Wall
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?
1945
1960
1972
1989
Which two leaders led a renewed resistance against the Soviet Union and Communism in the 1980's?
Mikhail Gorbechev
Ronald Reagan
Margaret Thatcher
John F Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
Who were the key opponents during the Cold War?
United States
China
Soviet Union
England
Germany
Who was the first Communist leader of China?
Mao Zedong
Joseph Stalin
Ronald Reagan
Mikhail Gorbachev
Fidel Castro
In what places did the Cold War erupt into open conflict?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Berlin Airlift
Korean War
Vietnam War
Bombing of Japan
What conflict challenged US confidence during the Cold War almost caused them to surrender?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Berlin Airlift
Korean War
Vietnam War
Bombing of Japan
What Communist Chinese program killed an estimated 70 million of its own people in the name of progress?
Great Leap Forward
Vietnam War
5-year plan
Bushido Nationalism
Space Defense Initiative
Where did the Soviet Union experience a demoralizing defeat that also helped bankrupt the country in the 1980's.
Czechoslovakia
Afghanistan
Vietnam
Berlin
What American program helped convince the Soviet Union that they could not compete with the United States economically or technologically.
Great Leap Forward
Vietnam War
5-year plan
Bushido Nationalism
Space Defense Initiative
What were indications that the Soviet Union was NOT a sustainable empire?
They had to accept grain shipments from the US to feed their own people
They had to rule through fear and intimidation and build walls to control their population
They had to steal military and economic technology from the US in order to compete
They were the first nation on earth to send a man into space
They developed nuclear weapons shortly after the end of WWII
Which Soviet leader brought about major reforms to the Soviet system leading to its decline?
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
Nikita Khrushchev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Which are NOT an attribute of the Soviet system?
democracy
freedom of religion
totalitarianism
communism
capitalism
Which are NOT an attribute of the American system?
democracy
enforced atheism
totalitarianism
communism
capitalism
