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WorksheetsWH2.DEF The End of the Cold War REVIEW
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
How do the legacies of the Cold War affect the world today?
They have no impact on current global politics.
They only affect economic policies in Europe.
They still shape global politics and our daily lives.
They are only relevant to historians.
How did changes from the Cold War contribute to today’s connected world?
They helped create global markets and expand the internet
They led to the creation of the United Nations
They caused the Industrial Revolution
They ended all international trade
Which two entities remain important players in world politics as a legacy of the Cold War?
NATO and Russia
United Nations and China
European Union and Japan
OPEC and India
Which leader inspired resistance in Poland by supporting the Solidarity movement?
U.S. President Ronald Reagan
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
Catholic Pope John Paul II
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev
How did British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher contribute to easing Cold War tensions?
By supporting the Solidarity movement in Poland
By working with Reagan and Gorbachev
By increasing military spending
By delivering tough speeches to the Soviets
Who led peaceful protests in Czechoslovakia known as the Velvet Revolution?
Lech Wałęsa
Václav Havel
Mikhail Gorbachev
Boris Yeltsin
What event in 1989 became the symbol of communism’s decline in Eastern Europe?
The Prague Spring
The Hungarian Uprising
The fall of the Berlin Wall
The Russian Revolution
Which of the following was encouraged by greater freedom in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe?
Independence movements
Increased censorship
More government control
Decreased political participation
What were the two main reforms introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev in the 1980s?
Glasnost and Perestroika
Communism and Socialism
Capitalism and Democracy
Industrialization and Collectivization
What was the main goal of perestroika?
To allow more free speech
To restructure the weak economy by allowing limited private business
To increase government control
To expand the military
How did glasnost change the Soviet Union?
It allowed more free speech and criticism of the government
It banned all private businesses
It increased censorship
It reduced international trade
Explain how Gorbachev’s reforms of glasnost and perestroika were intended to address problems in the Soviet Union.
Glasnost promoted openness and free speech, while perestroika aimed to fix the weak economy by allowing limited private business.
Glasnost increased censorship, and perestroika banned private businesses.
Glasnost focused on military expansion, and perestroika reduced government spending.
Glasnost and perestroika both aimed to increase government control over society.
Explain how the U.S. military buildup under President Reagan affected the Soviet Union during the arms race.
It made the Soviet Union wealthier.
It increased pressure on the Soviet system by forcing them to spend more on military.
It led to the immediate collapse of the Soviet Union.
It caused the U.S. to reduce its own military spending.
What was one major result of the changes in the Soviet Union during the 1980s?
The Cold War ended and the modern world was reshaped
The Soviet Union expanded its influence in Asia
Communism spread to Western Europe
The Cold War intensified
Explain how internal and external factors contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.
Internal problems and outside pressure weakened the Soviet Union, leading to reforms, protests, and new leaders, which caused the fall of communism and ended the Cold War.
The Soviet Union became stronger due to internal unity and external support, leading to the continuation of the Cold War.
Only external military threats caused the collapse of the Soviet Union, with no internal issues involved.
The Soviet Union collapsed because it conquered new territories in Western Europe.
