The Fall of the USSR

Question 1

What was an important result of the USSR breaking up into fifteen different countries?

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Family members were likely to be citizens of different countries.

Question 2

What was Gorbachev’s reaction to Eastern European protests against the Soviets?

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He refused to use military force to stop the protests.

Question 3

What happened after the attempted Soviet coup in 1991? Check all that apply.The Soviet Union dissolved.Gorbachev was assassinated.The Commonwealth of Independent States was formed.Former Soviet republics declared their independence.Only Russia, led by Yeltsin, declared its independence.

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The Soviet Union dissolved.; The Commonwealth of Independent States was formed.; Former Soviet republics declared their independence.

Question 4

Boris Yeltsin was eventually forced to resign as Russian president because

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the shift to capitalism became difficult.

Question 5

How did Reagan’s approach toward the USSR shift after Gorbachev came to power?

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Reagan agreed to meet openly with Soviet leaders.

Question 6

The Soviet Union faced a serious foreign-policy crisis in which country?

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Afghanistan

Question 7

The policy of glasnost allowed for

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criticism of government officials.

Question 8

GlasnostDétentePerestroikaDemocracy

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Perestroika

Question 9

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first

Question 10

In the 1980s, more Russians worked to encourage change in the government by

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rallying for democratic reforms.

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