The Cold War Ends

Question 1

Why was Mikhail Gorbachev an important leader in the history of the USSR? Check all that apply.He called for reforms to try to help the USSR out of its economic troubles.He was the general secretary of the Soviet Union.He was elected as the president of the Soviet Union.He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983.He made reforms that resulted in major social changes to the country.He was a former member of the Russian KGB (intelligence group).

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He called for reforms to try to help the USSR out of its economic troubles.; He was the general secretary of the Soviet Union.; He made reforms that resulted in major social changes to the country.

Question 2

✔ criticizehelpparticipate in

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✔ criticize

Question 3

shrink maintain✔ restructure

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✔ restructure

Question 4

people✔ governmentfree market

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✔ government

Question 5

Use the drop-down menus to complete the statements.

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✔ Poland; The first country in Eastern Europe to end communism and become a democracy was .: Poland; led a nonviolent change to democracy in Czechoslovakia.: Václav Havel; Because the revolution in Czechoslovakia was nonviolent, it was known as the .: Velvet Revolution

Question 6

✔ Václav HavelLech Walesa Boris Yeltsin

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✔ Václav Havel

Question 7

Soft RevolutionPeaceful Revolution✔ Velvet Revolution

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✔ Velvet Revolution

Question 8

Use the drop-down menus to complete the statements.

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✔ tear down the wall; In 1987, President Reagan gave a speech at the Berlin Wall in which he told Mikhail Gorbachev to .: tear down the wall; By October 1989, people in East Germany were having protests .: daily; On November 9, 1989, the gates of the Berlin Wall .: were opened by mistake

Question 9

Use the drop-down menus to complete the statements.

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In 1991, a failed helped the collapse of communism in the USSR.: coup; In 1991, a failed helped the collapse of communism in the USSR.: accelerate; After the collapse of communism, became the first president of the newly democratic Russia.: Boris Yeltsin

Question 10

ease✔ acceleratetemporarily stop

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✔ accelerate

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