Collapse of Communism

Question 1

The first step in the reunification of East and West Germany was uniting their

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economies.

Question 2

What is the most likely reason the republics of Yugoslavia held together until the fall of communism?

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Dictator Josep Tito was a very powerful leader.

Question 3

What happened when the Czechs tried to implement liberal reforms in 1968?

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The USSR and other Warsaw pact nations invaded.

Question 4

If East and West Germany had not reunified, it is most likely that

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West Germany would have grown much stronger than East Germany.

Question 5

Which was a factor contributing to the collapse of communism in Germany?

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the weak economy of the former East Germany

Question 6

Which event preceded the revolutions of 1989?

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Gorbachev made reforms in the Soviet Union.

Question 7

What was the Berlin Wall?

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a wall that separated East and West Berlin

Question 8

After the fall of communism, the Yugoslavian republics began to

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break away.

Question 9

Read this excerpt from a summary of events in Srebrenica.Zina Hasanovic is one of the lucky ones – she knows what happened to her husband, Haris. As Serbian bullets raced through a group of tightly-packed Muslim prisoners, Haris, mortally wounded, fell on top of his first cousin and best friend, Mevludin Oric. Mevludin lay on the ground, covered in blood and for hours pretended to be dead. He managed to escape to tell Zina of her husband’s fate.Why is Zina Hasanovic referred to as “one of the lucky ones”?

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Most people never learned the fate of their loved ones.

Question 10

Why was the end to communism in Czechoslovakia termed the “Velvet Revolution”?

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The transition was remarkably smooth.

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