QUIZ 7-5.5 and 7-6.1 Fall of the Soviet Union

100 Total Points

This quiz has 10 multiple-choice questions. Please make sure to answer all questions with a Number 2 pencil.

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  1. Why was the European Union formed in the 1990s? (7-6.1)
  2. To promote economic and political cooperation between European countries
  3. To share military, communications, and research technologies between Western nations
  4. To contain the spread of communism to western Europe
  5. To create a barrier against the rising threat of the growing Soviet Union
  1. Why was the strategy of “shock therapy” mostly unsuccessful in Russia? (7-6.1)
  2. It caused the Chechnya region to consider separating from Russia.
  3. The leader at the time was unpopular because he had not truly been elected by the people.
  4. Vladimir Putin took office and made changes before the effectiveness of the policy could really be tested.
  5. The switch from communism to capitalism was too sudden for the economy to support.
  1. How wereYugoslavia and Czechoslovakia impacted by the collapse of the Soviet Union? (7-6.1)
  2. It broke up into several new nations.
  3. It unified into a single nation, when it used to be several.
  4. All of the above.
  5. None of the above.
  1. Which of these communist states faced issues of nationalism, violence, and ethnic cleansing (similar to genocide) in the 1990s as a result of the collapse of communist rule? (7-6.1)
  2. Czechoslovakia
  3. Yugoslavia
  4. East Germany
  5. Bulgaria
  1. Which two nations provided Soviet states with a peaceful example of a successful revolution from communist to democratic rule? (7-5.5)
  2. West Germany & East Germany
  3. Bosnia & Herzegovina
  4. Serbia & Montenegro
  5. Hungary & Poland
  1. Which of the following was MOST responsible for the creation of a democratic state in Poland? (7-5.5)
  2. Common workers
  3. Experienced politicians and debaters
  4. Highly educated intellectuals
  5. Military rebels
  1. The picture at the right MOST LIKELY shows the defection of citizens from which Soviet satellite state? (7-5.5)
  2. Poland
  3. Yugoslavia
  4. Hungary
  5. East Germany
  1. What were the two factors in the fall of the Soviet Union? (7-5.5)
  2. Growing opportunities for minorities
  3. Growing support for communist ideas
  4. economic and social problems
  5. invasion from Germany
  6. All of the following are effect/sMikhail Gorbachev’s reforms had on the Soviet UnionEXCEPT? (7-5.5)
  7. The reforms strengthened the Soviet Union as a world power.
  8. The reforms weakened the Soviet Union’s control over satellite states.
  9. The reforms made life worse for Soviet citizens.
  10. The reforms contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
  1. During the space race, the United States and the Soviet Union competed with each other to conquer outer space. The space race started when?(7-5.4)
  2. The launch of Sputnik I
  3. The United States placed the first man on the moon
  4. The formation of NASA
  5. The launch of Apollo II

BONUS QUESTION (optional): Who was the leader of the Soviet Union for MOST of the Cold War, including the building of the Berlin Wall, the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and the Cuban Missile Crisis? (spelling does NOT count as long as you get most of his name correct)