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Duplicate of The Cold War and the Fall of the Soviet Union
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A world history review of the cold war and how the soviet union fell
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What was the Cold War?
A "war" that had no fighting after WWII.
An all out active war after WWII.
Competition between the USA and the USSR.
A long period of time starting from 1945-1991.
2
Invasion of Hungary is about....
Hungary invading the Soviet Union for more freedom.
Hungary invaded Berlin to stop the Berlin blockade.
how the people wanted more freedom so the Soviets went in.
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What was the Berlin blockade?
Soviet response to the change of German currency.
Soviet blocking aid and food for the people of Berlin.
A way the Soviet's retaliated against the Allies.
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What was the number one thing Stalin did for his country?
Industrialized it.
Created the idea of propaganda in Soviet Union.
Just killed everyone. He did not do anything.
Created the Soviet Union.
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What is Marxism?
Government ownership of industry.
Karl Marx rules the government in his own way.
Private ownership of industry.
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What was the Solidarity movement?
A Polish movement of workers; supporting communism.
A Polish movement of workers; against communism.
A Polish movement of workers; created by the USA.
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How did nationalism contribute to the fall of the Soviet Union?
Creating pride in the nation for separation from the USSR.
People were tired of communism and rebelled.
People wanted to rule themselves.
Movements were created against the communist officials.
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Who was Nikita Khrushchev?
A Soviet leader who built the Berlin Wall.
A Soviet leader who won the Nobel Peace Prize.
A Soviet leader who created the 5point plan to save the USSR
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What is capitalism?
Private ownership of industry.
Capitalists rule the economy.
Government ownership of industry.
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What did Stalin do in Ukraine?
Industrialized it so that USSR would be more powerful.
Starved millions of farmers.
Killed millions of people for his enjoyment.
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What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall?
To make the people in Berlin stop fighting each other.
To split up the communist and the non-communist side.
To punish Germany for WWII by dividing up their capital.
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What should Lenin be remembered for?
Creating the Soviet Union and bringing communism.
Bringing communism to Russia.
Creating the Soviet Union.
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What is socialism?
Creating competition for everyone.
Making sure everyone is social.
Keeping everyone on the same level.
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What do people remember Brezhnev for?
Creating a deal with US about Afghanistan
He didn't really do much; so nothing
Creating a doctrine-the gov. can go into any Soviet country
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How did Gorbachev try to reform the KGB (Russian secret service)?
Tried to make them disappear.
Tried to weaken their power.
Tried to make them tougher.
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What is a cause of the end to the USSR?
Too much spending on the military.
No one liked the idea of communism anymore.
Too great of an economy.
Military fighting.
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What was 'Perestroika'?
An open policy; Soviets were free to move around the USSR.
An economic policy; allowing for a more free market.
An open policy; Soviets were free to speech their mind.
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The Warsaw Pact was...
a pact between Western European countries after WWII.
a treaty between the US, Britain, France, and the USSR
a treaty between Western and Eastern European countries.
a pact between Eastern European countries after WWII.
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N.A.T.O. was...
a pact between Western European countries after WWII.
a treaty between Western and Eastern European countries.
a treaty between the US, Britain, France, and the USSR
a pact between Eastern European countries after WWII.
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What was the Berlin Airlift?
Soviets giving aid to Berlin after WWII.
Giving food to the people of Berlin during the blockade.
Allies giving aid to Berlin after WWII.
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What was 'Glasnost'?
An economic policy; allowing for a more free market.
An open policy; Soviets were free to speech their mind.
An open policy; Soviets were free to move around the USSR.
22
What was a gulag?
A program set by Stalin that would help restart the economy.
People were sent their by Stalin if he didn't like them.
Forced prison camps in Siberia.
Forced camps for Ukrainians if they did not submit to Stalin
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What was collectivization?
a policy forced on peasants farmers to give food to USSR.
a way that the Soviet government industrialized quickly.
a policy that starved thousands of people in USSR.
24
What was the purpose of the Iron Curtain?
To build a wall out of iron.
A speech by Churchill about Hitler's influence in Berlin
A metaphor describing how communism came into Berlin.
25
Who was given a Nobel Peace Prize for the end of the Cold War?
Yeltsin
Lech Walesa
Gorbachev
Khrushchev
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Invasion of Czechoslovakia happened in 1968 where...
Czech. invaded another country to spread communism.
Soviet Union invaded; they were becoming more powerful
Soviet Union feared that they would be out of their control.
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Marshall Plan was...
a plan after WWII, by the USSR, that helped Eastern Europe.
a plan after WWII, by the US, that helped Western Europe.
a plan after WWII, by the US, that helped Eastern Europe.
a plan after WWII, by the USSR, that helped Western Europe.
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Molotov Plan was...
a plan after WWII, by the USSR, that helped Western Europe.
a plan after WWII, by the US, that helped Eastern Europe.
a plan after WWII, by the USSR, that helped Eastern Europe.
a plan after WWII, by the US, that helped Western Europe.
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Why did the Communist party fail to change?
It was too fast.
It didn't change.
It was too slow.
People were stubborn and wanted to keep the old ways.
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Truman Doctrine was...
Truman giving aid to Greece and Turkey to resist communism.
Truman giving aid to G & T to support communism.
Truman giving $ to Greece and Turkey to improve the military
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What was the point of S.A.L.T.?
Ease tensions with the USA by decreasing weapon build-up.
East tensions with USA by getting forces out of Afghanistan.
Ease tensions with the USA by making a deal about communism.
