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Fall of the Soviet Union

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How did the economic system of the Soviet Union contribute to its collapse?

a)

The shortage of raw materials left factories idle.

b)

The inefficiencies of central planning failed to meet basic needs.

c)

The privatization of state enterprises resulted in popular dissatisfaction.

d)

The demand for consumer goods drained needed resources from the military.

2.

legalizing private ownership

a)

Glasnost

b)

Perestroika

3.

ability to expose news of government corruption

a)

Glasnost

b)

Perestroika

4.

decreased censoring of the media

a)

Glasnost

b)

Perestroika

5.

Democratic elections

a)

Glasnost

b)

Perestroika

6.

ending the price controls established by the government

a)

Glasnost

b)

Perestroika

7.
Perestroika was...
a)
 Khrushchev's policy of aggression w/ U.S. 
b)
Gorbachev' policy of reform and restructuring in the USSR
c)
Russian term for admiration of a comrade 
d)
Capital of Sudetenland
8.
What was Gorbachev's 1980s policy of glasnost in the USSR?
a)
Strict laws against speaking
b)
Encouraged freedom in speech and governnment
c)
Anarchy and chaos
d)
American Rule over Russia
9.
Why did Gorbachev wish to reform the Soviet Union?
a)
He wanted to go down in history
b)
He knew that Russia's expenditure on arms (weapons) was unsustainable
c)
He was a capitalist at heart
d)
He was secretly working for the West
10.
After the fall of the USSR, what did many parts of the former USSR do?
a)
Attempted to reestablish communism
b)
Break away from Soviet Union and become independent
c)
Establish their own communist government
d)
Change their economic system to the command economy system
11.
What type of economic system encourages private ownership?
a)
Capitalism
b)
Command Economy
c)
Dictatorship
d)
Mercantilism
12.
What type of economic system was used in the USSR, China and North Korea?
a)
Capitalism
b)
Communism
c)
Mixed Economy
d)
Mercantilism
13.
What did the destruction of the Berlin Wall symbolize?
a)
the fall of communism
b)
the fall of capitalism
c)
the end of the Vietnam War
d)
the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis
14.
The Berlin Wall was constructed to stop movement of people between East & West Germany.  What was the main difference between the two countries?
a)
East Germany was communist and West Germany was democratic and capitalist
b)
East Germany was a free state and West Germany was occupied by Europe
c)
East Germany was democratic and West Germany was a dictatorship
d)
East Germany was Christian and West Germany was Muslim
15.
What happened to East and West Germany after the Fall of the Berlin Wall?
a)
They kept the same political system
b)
They unified into one democratic country
c)
They unified into one communist country
d)
They rebuilt the wall.
16.

What did the meltdown at Chernobyl release into the air?

a)

Radioactive dust

b)

Bees!

c)

The Hounds

d)

The Kracken

17.

Where was the Chernobyl power plant located?

a)

In the United States

b)

In the Soviet Union (Ukraine)

c)

In England

d)

In France

18.
There are lots of people who still live in the area of the infected zone
a)
True
b)
False
c)
Not given
19.

What was the cause of the Chernobyl meltdown?

a)

Human error

b)

Natural disaster

c)

Alien intervention

d)

Mechanical failure

20.

How were the people of Pripyat affected by the meltdown?

a)

They weren't

b)

They were poisoned by radioactive fallout

c)

They gained supwerpowers

d)

They were all quietly eliminated by the Soviet government

21.

April 26, 1986, 12:05 am: The gradual shutdown now had the reactor at 700 Megawatts output - slightly less than a quarter of the maximum and the right power for the test. However, instead of stabilizing at this level, what next happened to the power output?

a)

It increased dramatically leading to a meltdown

b)

It stayed normal

c)

It decreased to zero and went cold

d)

It ran for president of Guatemala

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