Collapse of Communism

Question 1

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 2

What happened in Poland in 1989?

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Workers finally were given the right to form unions.

Question 3

What was the most important effect of opening East Germany’s borders?

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East and West Germany merged into one nation.

Question 4

What was East Germany’s biggest problem after it opened its borders?

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East Germany lost large numbers of skilled workers.

Question 5

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 6

What best describes Yugoslavia before its breakup?

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It was home to many ethnic groups.

Question 7

What was East Germany’s biggest problem after it opened its borders?

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East Germany lost large numbers of skilled workers.

Question 8

What was the “Velvet Divorce”?

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Czechoslovakia’s split into two countries

Question 9

After the fall of communism, the Yugoslavian republics began to

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break away.

Question 10

What best describes Yugoslavia before its breakup?

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It was home to many ethnic groups.

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