Collapse of Communism

Question 1

What happened in Poland in 1989?

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Lech Walesa became the first freely elected president.

Question 2

After the fall of communism, the Yugoslavian republics began to

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break away.

Question 3

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

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economies.

Question 4

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

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Poland

Question 5

Why were dozens of Serbs convicted of war crimes?

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They approved the policy of ethnic cleansing in the war.

Question 6

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 7

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 8

When Hungary opened its borders, it created a "hole” in the

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Iron Curtain

Question 9

What was the Berlin Wall?

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a wall that separated East and West Berlin

Question 10

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

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People traveled freely between East and West Germany.

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