Global II Quizzes - Quiz 15a - End of the Cold War

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1

This 1992 cartoon refers to Russia's

	constant fear of invasion from the West
	tendency to establish totalitarian rule during a crisis
	attempts to settle foreign policy disputes
	current difficulty in establishing economic reforms

2 Which of the following would be an example of the problem illustrated by the cartoon?

	Air pollution is becoming a major concern in cities like Moscow.
	The Soviet Union under communism was far behind capitalistic countries making it difficult to reform Russia.
	Many Russians still want a communist economic system.
	The Russian government continues to promote communism over capitalism.

3 In th 1980s, Russia was formerly known as?

	The Commonwealth of Independent States
	Czarist Russia
	The Union of Soviet Socialists Republics
	The Gulag

4 The first direct presidential election in Russian history in 1991 resulted in?

	Boris Yeltsin as President of Russia
	Vladimir Putin as President of Russia
	Vladimir Lenin as President of Russia
	Josef Stalin as Premier of Russia

5

What is the main idea of this 2002 cartoon?

	The technology of the Cold War now threatens peace in Asia.
	The risk of nuclear conflict has been eliminated.
	Nuclear power presents a possible solution to energy shortages in southern Asia.
	Diplomacy has lessened tensions between India and Pakistan.

6 One of the most common problems because of the end of the Cold War is?

	NATO
	Fascism
	Nuclear Proliferation
	The Domino Effect

7 "By gently pushing open the gates of reform, he unleashed a democratic flood that wiped out the Soviet universe and washed away the Cold War." This statement most likely describes the actions of

	Ronald Reagan
	Ho Chi Minh
	Mikhail Gorbachev
	Pol Pot

8 The policies of reform in the Soviet Union were known as

	Perestroika and Glasnost
	Laissez Faire Capitalism
	Free Markets
	Mercantilism

9 During the late 20th century, the Soviet Union collapsed due to pressure from

	Lenin and Stalin
	Ho Chi Minh & Pol Pot
	Stalin and Khrushchev
	Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher

10

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EAST BERLIN, NOV. 9 -- Communist East Germany today opened its borders to the West, including the Berlin Wall, announcing that its citizens could travel or emigrate freely, in the most stunning step since World War II toward ending the East-West division of Europe...As word spread, hundreds of jubilant East Berliners poured into West Berlin on their first visits ever to the western half of the city, divided for 28 years by the 13-foot-high concrete wall that is the best-known landmark along the Iron Curtain. On the western side, large crowds gathered at the wall, passing champagne bottles around to joyful fellow Berliners, whose city has been the site of tense confrontations between Soviet and American troops and life-and-death scenes of desperate East Germans trying to flee across the heavily fortified wall.

– Washington Post, November 10, 1989

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The Washington Post is describing the event known as?

	The collapse of the Soviet Union
	The Fall of the Berlin Wall
	The Hungarian Revolution
	The Velvet Revolution

11 Which country was the first to experience a relaxation of totalitarian rules following a shipyard strike at Gdansk?

	East Germany
	The Soviet Union
	Poland
	Hungary

12 This leader led the shipyard strike at Gdansk in 1980?

	Vladimir Lenin
	Lech Walesa
	Pope John Paul II
	Mikhail Gorbachev

13

Which title would best fit this graphic organizer?

	Capitalism in Full Retreat
	Collapse of the Soviet Union
	Formation of the Warsaw Pact
	Buildup of the cold war

14 Which two countries broke apart due to Nationalism in the 1990s?

	Bulgaria & Yugoslavia
	East Germany & Poland
	Hungary & Romania
	Czechoslovakia & Yugoslavia

15 Which country was united again due to Nationalism in the 1990s?

	Bulgaria
	Germany
	Hungary
	Czechoslovakia