10.4: The end of the Cold War - Q -

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AGE 10. The Time of Television and Computers

10.4 The End of the Cold War

Practise Questions

1. Which option shows the Soviet leaders
in the correct order?

1. Stalin, Khrushchev, Gorbachev, Lenin
2. Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, Gorbachev
3. Stalin, Lenin, Khrushchev, Gorbachev,
4. Khrushchev, Stalin, Gorbachev, Lenin

2. Explain how Gorbachev tried to improve Soviet Union policies.

3. What was the main reason for Gorbachev's reforms?

1. The USSR could no longer afford the arms race
2. Gorbachev was an American spy and wanted to sabotage the USSR
3. The USSR no longer wanted to control the Eastern Block countries
4. Gorbachev wanted better relations with the USA

4. Why did Gorbachev’s new policies backfire on him?

5. Why could many Eastern European countries easily form new non-communist governments after Gorbachev rose to power? Choose your answer.

1. Because of the end of the Truman Doctrine.
2. Because Gorbachev was afraid of NATO interference.
3. Because the Soviet army no longer interfered in Eastern Bloc countries
4. Because Gorbachev had to focus on internal politics.

6. In your own words, briefly describe president Reagan's message to Gorbachev

7. Explain how the policy of Gorbachev led to more than 70,000 people fleeing from East Germany.

8. What influence did the Peaceful Revolution have on the fall of the Berlin Wall?

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link map Eastern Europe

9. Download the map of Eastern Europe from the link in the previous slide.
In the map draw the possible route that East Germans could take to reach West Germany, by means of the Hungarian hole in the Iron Curtain. Make a picture of your map and use it as your answer.

10. Look at the pictures. Which famous border in Berlin was used to travel from East Berlin to West Berlin?

source A

This photo was placed with the article ‘Accidental freedom- The Fall of the Berlin Wall’.

11. Study source A
Explain the title of the article

12. Can you think of a reason why other European countries and also the Soviet Union might have problems with a German Reunification?

13a. Gorbachev’s new policies improved Soviet people’s lives.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

13b. The Soviet Union was ruled from one place.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

13c. Gorbachev resigned on Christmas Day 1991.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

13d. The end of the Soviet Union also ended the Cold War.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

Cartoon about the end of the Soviet Union

The breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991. 

Source B

14a Look at source B

Who is the bearded man in the clouds?

1. Lenin
2. Stalin
3. Hitler
4. Karl Marx

14b. The bearded man has a staff in his hand. What does that mean and why is he in the top of the cartoon?

14c. Who are the 2 people below the bearded man in the clouds?

1. Lenin and Stalin
2. Stalin and Khrushchev
3. Gorbachev and Reagan
4. Tsar Nicolas and Wilhelm II

14d. Who is walking in front of the coffin?

1. Stalin
2. Khrushchev
3. Gorbachev
4. Tsar Nicolas

14e. Who / what is being buried?

1. East Germany
2. The Soviet Union
3. Gorbachev
4. Communism

14f. Now explain the artist's message. Include the text "I can't believe my eyes" in your answer.

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