Collapse of Communism

Question 1

Which event preceded the revolutions of 1989?

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Gorbachev made reforms in the Soviet Union.

Question 2

Why were dozens of Serbs convicted of war crimes?

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They approved the policy of ethnic cleansing in the war.

Question 3

What was the Berlin Wall?

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a wall that separated East and West Berlin

Question 4

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

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The transition was remarkably smooth.

Question 5

What was the “Velvet Divorce”?

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Czechoslovakia’s split into two countries

Question 6

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 7

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 8

Look at this chart showing ethnic groups in Yugoslavia.

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ethnic tensions would have been reduced, limiting one group's dominance.

Question 9

Why did the economies of the former East German areas collapse during reunification?

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East German businesses were unable to compete in the free-market economy.

Question 10

In 1980, Lech Walesa led a worker’s strike in

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Poland

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