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WorksheetsDisintegration of USSR
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 3mins
This was a new policy of "openness" of the USSR, allowing more free speech and religion.
Glasnost
Perestroika
What happened to East and West Germany after the Fall of the Berlin Wall?
They kept the same political system
They unified into one democratic country
They unified into one communist country
They rebuilt the wall.
After the Fall of the USSR, what did many parts of the former USSR do?
Attempt to reestablish communism
Break away from Russia and become independent
What type of economic system system encourages private ownership?
Mercantilism
Command Economy
Mixed Economy
Capitalism
Which Soviet leader helped bring an end to the Cold War?
Joseph Stalin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Ronald Reagan
Pol Pot
What Cold War term means to stop the spread of Communism?
NATO
Containment
Warsaw Pact
Marshall Plan
Who popularised the term Cold War?
Bernard Baruch
George Orwell
Joseph Stalin
Walter Lippman
Jawaharlal Nehru described cold war as "a brain war, a nerve war and a propaganda war in operation."
True
False
When did USSR disintegrate?
31 December, 1991
8 December, 1991
26 December, 1991
15 December, 1991
What is the area of India (in sq. km)?
3.286 million km2
3.287 million km2
3.288 million km2
3.289 million km2
This symbol of Communist repression fell in November 1989.
Mao's Picture
Statue of Lenin
Tower of Babel
Berlin Wall
Detente was not used by communist China, the Soviet Union and the U.S. to reduce tensions between communists and non-communists.
True
False
What was the name of the first satellite in space launched by the Soviet Union?
Sputnik
Apollo 11
Apollo 13
Gagarin
What was the name of the organization that hoped to promote peace and global cooperation following WWII?
The U.S. Congress
United Nations
Treaty of Versailles
League of Nations
How did the US respond to finding out that the Soviets had missiles in Cuba?
They sent the Air Force to bomb Cuba
They began placing missiles in the Soviet Union.
They placed a naval blockade around Cuba.
They invaded Cuba and the Soviet Union.
