Collapse of Communism Answers

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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”?

A
Her husband was among the handful who survived.
B
Very few were able to escape the fighting without harm.
C
The family’s close friend managed to outsmart the enemy.
D
Most people never learned the fate of their loved ones.
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The first step in the reunification of East and West Germany was uniting their

A
governments.
B
legal systems.
C
populations.
D
economies.
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What is the most likely reason the republics of Yugoslavia held together until the fall of communism?

A
All six republics shared strong historic bonds.
B
The constitution forbade the republics to separate.
C
Citizens were united by their belief in communism.
D
Dictator Josep Tito was a very powerful leader.
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Why were dozens of Serbs convicted of war crimes?

A
They started a war that led to thousands of deaths on both sides.
B
They approved the policy of ethnic cleansing in the war.
C
They started a war that was not sanctioned by the Serbian people.
D
They openly disobeyed the orders of the Serbian president.
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Which event preceded the revolutions of 1989?

A
Solidarity candidates were elected in Poland.
B
Hungary implemented a free market economy.
C
Communist rule ended in Czechoslovakia.
D
Gorbachev made reforms in the Soviet Union.
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1990
B
1991
C
1995
D
1998
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Which was a factor contributing to the collapse of communism in Germany?

A
the weak economy of the former East Germany
B
the weak economy of the former West Germany
C
the lack of support for reunification in the city of Berlin
D
the lack of support for reunification in the former West Germany
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What was the most important effect of opening East Germany’s borders?

A
East and West Germany merged into one nation.
B
People traveled freely between East and West Germany.
C
Germany’s political differences finally were resolved.
D
Thousands of West Germans moved to East Germany.
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In 1980, Lech Walesa led a worker’s strike in

A
Hungary
B
Poland
C
Czechoslovakia
D
Yugoslavia
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What was the Berlin Wall?

A
a wall that separated East and West Berlin
B
a wall that surrounded East and West Berlin
C
a wall that separated Hungary from East Berlin
D
a wall that separated Berlin from the rest of Berlin

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