Collapse of Communism

Question 1

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 2

If Serbia had used the term “murder” rather than “ethnic cleansing” to describe its actions against Muslims, it is likely that they would have

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proceeded in exactly the same way.

Question 3

Why were dozens of Serbs convicted of war crimes?

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They approved the policy of ethnic cleansing in the war.

Question 4

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

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economies.

Question 5

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 6

What was the Berlin Wall?

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a wall that separated East and West Berlin

Question 7

Which event preceded the revolutions of 1989?

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Gorbachev made reforms in the Soviet Union.

Question 8

What happened in Poland in 1989?

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Lech Walesa became the first freely elected president.

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.

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